Fences – Panel – Inclosure
Patent
1995-08-17
1997-02-04
Kim, Harry C.
Fences
Panel
Inclosure
256 1, 256 24, 256 31, 160351, E04H 1718
Patent
active
055990061
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention concerns a fence structure formed of fence elements adapted to be assembled on site to separate first and second parts of an area, for example an area for playing a game or sport and its surroundings.
The prior art includes fence structures with modular elements assembled together around multipurpose mini-stadia.
These fences are based on uprights embedded in the ground between which mesh wall panels are fixed.
These structures require embedding in the ground or even foundations in the ground. This rules out or makes difficult seasonal removal, modifications to change size or movement of the fence.
A guard rail structure for the roofs of buildings is described in document U.S. Pat. No. 5 188 342 in which the guard rail is stabilized by lower crossmembers each ballasted by a protruding block. A guard rail of this kind, designed for a specific application on the roofs of buildings, would obviously not be usable for fencing a playing area, as it would not allow easy and safe access to the public or to the players right up to the side of the fence carrying the crossmembers and the protruding blocks.
A crowd control barrier is described in document GB-A-2 228 510. The barrier is supported by a horizontal metal plate resting on the ground along the first side of the barrier and by a horizontal frame resting on the ground along the second side of the barrier, to which it is joined by oblique reinforcing struts. A structure of this kind does not allow easy and safe access of the public or of the players right up to the same side of the barrier as the horizontal frame and the oblique reinforcing struts.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The problem to which the present invention is addressed is that of designing a new fence structure that is easily movable, easily transportable and, to this end, adapted to be simply placed on the ground without requiring any embedding in or foundations in the ground, whilst having sufficient inherent stability to comply with safety requirements and in particular to withstand tilting forces applied to the fence by inclement weather or by users.
In accordance with the invention, the fence must be made stable without unnecessarily increasing the overall size of the fence itself, and in particular without reducing the usable size of the playing area on one side of the fence and without preventing free movement of users on the other side of the fence.
The basic idea of the invention stems from the observation that a fence for a playing area or other leisure activity area usually separates two parts of an area, a first part that has to be safely usable for sports activities right up to the vertical wall of the fence and a second part enabling movement of spectators and other users right up to the vertical wall of the fence. Thus the two parts of the area separated by the fence are used for different purposes.
In other circumstances, it is necessary to be able to use both parts of the area for movement of users right up to the vertical wall of the fence.
The invention builds on these observations to propose a new fence structure enabling players and users safe access right up to the vertical wall of the fence and having sufficient self-stability requiring no embedding in or foundations in the ground.
Accordingly, a fence element of the invention adapted to be assembled with other similar fence elements to form a fence between a first part and a second part of an area comprises: to separate the first part and the second part of the area, structure part, said rigid second structure part lying in a plane at an angle to the rigid first structure part and being adapted to rest on the ground, structure part resting on the ground to prevent tilting of the fence element and to render it self-stable, elements forming a generally plane surface on which users can move around.
In a first embodiment, the second rigid structure part extends from one side of the base of the first structure part. This embodiment is suitable for fencing a playing area: the
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Gevaux Bernard
Masurel Jacques
Constructions Metalliques de Bonneville
Eilberg William H.
Gevaux Bernard
Kim Harry C.
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