Pavement edging

• US 6,099,201 A
• Filed: 07/16/1998
• Issued: 08/08/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Guiseppe Abbrancati
• Original Assignee: Guiseppe Abbrancati
• Inventors: Abbrancati, Guiseppe
• Primary Examiner(s): Will, Thomas B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Markovich, Kristine
• Application Number:
  US09/116,824
• Time in Patent Office: 754 Days
• Field of Search: 404/7, 404/18, 404/28, 404/31, 404/36, 404/43, 404/4, 404/6, 47/33, 52/102
• US Class Current: 404/7
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/28 Raised beds; Planting beds; Edging elements for beds, lawn or the like, e.g. tiles
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 11/221 Kerbs or like edging members, e.g. flush kerbs, shoulder retaining means specially adapted for guiding or warning traffic or for display purposes E01F9/535; Joint members, connecting or load-transfer means specially for kerbs

Abstract

A pavement edging for maintaining the integrity and straight longitudinal edge of a concrete pavement constructed from a plurality of concrete bricks. The pavement edging having an elongated body with a front wall, a rear wall and a plurality of interposed longitudinal and transverse walls forming a generally egg crate construction.

Claims

1. A pavement edging comprising an elongated buttress having a horizontal bottom wall with innermost and outermost terminal edges, a vertical front wall offset from said innermost terminal edge and extending therefrom so as to form a front lip, a vertical rear wall extending from said outermost terminal edge and a plurality of transverse and longitudinal interior walls interposed between said front and rear walls.

2. The pavement edging according to claim 1, wherein said transverse and longitudinal walls form a plurality of chambers.

3. The pavement edging according to claim 2, wherein said chambers are arranged in a plurality of rows, one of said rows being adjacent said front wall and another of said rows being adjacent said rear walls.

4. The pavement edging according to claim 3, wherein said bottom wall is provided with a plurality of spaced through slots along the length thereof, each of said slots being located within one of said chambers in the row adjacent the rear wall.

5. The pavement edging according to claim 4, wherein the bottom wall is provided with a plurality of spaced slots along the length thereof, each of said slots being located within one of said chambers in the row adjacent the front wall.

6. The pavement edging according to claim 5, wherein said transverse and longitudinal walls are progressively graduated in height from said front wall to said rear wall.

7. The pavement edging according to claim 6, said front lip having a plurality of shaped cut outs spaced along its length.

8. A pavement edging system for a paved surface comprising:

a pavement edging comprising at least one elongated buttress located along at least one side of the paved surface having a horizontal bottom wall with innermost and outermost terminal edges, a vertical front wall adjacent said innermost terminal edge, a vertical rear wall extending from said outermost terminal edge and a plurality of transverse and longitudinal interior walls interposed between said front and rear walls to form a plurality of chambers; and

an elongated belt, one end of said belt being interconnected to said at least one buttress and the other end of said belt passing underneath said paved surface.

9. The pavement edging system according to claim 8, wherein said bottom wall is provided with a plurality of spaced through slots located within at least one of said chambers.

10. The pavement edging system according to claim 9, wherein said belt is interconnected at one end to said first buttress and at its opposite end to said second buttress.

11. The device according to claim 9, wherein said device includes a first and second buttress respectively positioned on either side of the pavement as one end of said strip passes under and is secured to the first buttress and the other end of said strip passes under and is secured to the second buttress, the intermediate portion of said belt passing under said paved surface.

12. A pavement edging system comprising a pair of buttresses, said buttresses each having a horizontal bottom wall including longitudinally extending innermost and outermost terminal edges, a vertical front wall attached to said bottom wall offset from said innermost terminal edge to provide said bottom wall with an apron forward of said front wall and a vertical rear wall attached to said bottom wall at said outermost terminal edge, said pair of buttresses being positioned with one of said buttresses on each side of said pavement so that said apron is located below said pavement and said vertical front wall abuts an edge of said pavement and said rear wall abuts against backfill, said buttresses each including means located between said front and rear walls for maintaining said front and rear walls vertical.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein each said apron has a portion relieved of material along its length, permiting each said buttress to flex and bow.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein each said bottom wall is provided with a plurality of spaced through slots along the length thereof.

15. The system according to claim 14 including an anchoring strip having a plurality of through-slots along its length, said strip being adapted to be placed with its ends located beneath said buttresses and its mid section below said pavement with said slots in said strip being in alignment with said slots in said bottom walls, and stake means passing through said aligned slots for securing said buttresses.