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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1999
Filed:
May. 31, 1996
James Vidmar, Willoughby, OH (US);
Peter Rimback, Village of Oakwood, OH (US);
Hanover Catalog Holdings, Inc., Weehawken, NJ (US);
Abstract
A landscape timber connecting system for use with landscape timber or the like includes first and second interlocking members. The first and second members each have a bracket shaped to engage an end of a first landscape timber, and in a preferred embodiment, a hinge component. The hinge components are adapted to align with each other and form a channel along a common, substantially vertical pivot axis. A hinge pin shaped to be inserted in the channel along the common pivot axis and extend downwardly into ground beneath the system such that the first and second members can be pivotally positioned relative to each other about the common pivot axis to position associated engaged landscape timbers at a selected angle relative to each other, and the hinge pin anchors and fixes the system to the ground. In an alternate embodiment, the members slidably engage to form a straight, non-pivoting joint.