Fencing storage system
AssigneeIdeal Warehouse Innovations, Inc.
InventorPaul Mitchell
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Abstract
A cylindrical cartridge used for the storage and protection of all types of barrier fencing. The device is designed to extend the life of barrier fencing, reduce waste and reduce cost. The cartridge has an interior hollow pipe shaft with rollers mounted to the shaft to create a spool. The spool shaft extends through the top of the cartridge and is fitted with a manually operated crank handle. A vertical slotted opening in the side of the cartridge of varying widths dependent on the barrier material being used allows the extraction and retraction of the barrier fencing. The bottom of the cartridge has an opening in the center equal to that of the interior dimension of the hollow shaft. The bottom opening allows for the mounting of the cartridge to a ground spike or stabilizing plate.
Claims12
A system for use with barrier fence, the system comprising:
- a shaft for receiving said fence, said shaft comprising a top end, a bottom end, an axis about which said fence is adapted to be wound, and at least one clamp adapted to engage with, and secure, one end of said fence to said shaft;
- a housing in which said shaft is rotatably mounted, said housing comprising a continuous sidewall, a top, a bottom and an elongated slotted opening in said sidewall extending between said top and said bottom, wherein when said one end of said fence is engaged with, and secured to, said shaft, the opposite end of said fence is free and extends through said opening;
- means for rotating said shaft wherein when said means for rotating said shaft is activated to rotate said shaft in one direction, said shaft and said fence rotate together in said one direction to wind said fence around said shaft and when said means for rotating said shaft is activated to rotate said shaft in the opposite direction, said shaft and said fence rotate together in said opposite direction to unwind said fence from said shaft;
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- a base adapted to be releasably connected to said housing and disposed upon a surface to position the housing such that said shaft extends vertically and said housing is supported against tipping,
- wherein said housing comprises at least one adaptor on the bottom thereof and said base comprises at least one receiver thereon which matingly receives said at least one adaptor to releasably connect said base to said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.