ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,064, issued on April 14.
"Landscape bed edging tool assembly" was invented by Robert Lawrence Steinhaus Jr. (Verona, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A landscape tool assembly comprising at least tubular body, angled connector and fastener for designing, marking and cutting proposed landscape beds. The tubular body has a trapezoidal cross section, a hollow interior space, and opposed top and bottom sides formed with a plurality of fastener receiving apertures sized and shaped to receive a garden stake or other fastener for securing the tubular body to a ground surface, and an angled bed facing side upon which an edging shovel is p...