Raised garden bed with louver-secured corner brackets

摘要

A raised garden bed is provided including wood plank sides that are secured at their joints with corner brackets forming corners. The brackets have two panels joined along one edge with a U-shaped channel at the base of each panel to receive a wood plank. Louvers extend into the channels to hold the planks with a press fit and allow the bed to be assembled and used without screws.

主权项

1. A raised garden bed comprising:
at least three side planks, each side plank having a first end and a second end; a plurality of corner brackets, each bracket connecting adjacent ends of two side planks and including two sections with each section having a side panel, the two side panels being joined along one adjacent edge to form a corner, each section of the bracket including a U-shaped channel open at the top to receive a plank, said U-shaped channel being formed by a base that is generally perpendicular to a respective side panel and a flange that extends upwardly from and generally perpendicular to the base, the flange also being generally parallel with the respective side panel and spaced therefrom by a width of the base, the flange including a first louver that projects inwardly into the channel and that extends longitudinally and generally parallel with a length of the channel, and a second, laterally oriented, louver that is generally perpendicular to the longitudinally extending first louver on the flange, said first and second louvers securing a plank in the channel with a press fit during assembly and use.