Method of latching fence sections of a removable mesh pool fence
AssigneeSunwest Industries Inc.
InventorReed Hauge
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Abstract
An adjustable section latch and method of using thereof is disclosed. The adjustable section latch may be used to interlock two section poles of fence sections of a removable mesh pool fence, where the aforementioned section poles are situated at a section break gap in the removable mesh pool fence. The adjustable section latch may have a bracket body with a plurality of adjusting holes on one end and a keyhole at another end. One of the adjusting holes may be used to fasten the bracket body to a first section pole, while the keyhole on the bracket body may be used to receive a screw eye fastened to a second section pole. The adjustable section latch may be used in a process of interlocking the section poles that makes such latching more convenient than conventional latching mechanisms.
Claims9
A method of latching fence sections divided by a section break of a removable mesh pool fence, the method comprising:
- mounting a first section pole of a first fence section inside a first ground hole;
- mounting a second section pole of a second fence section inside a second ground hole, the section break being a gap between the first section pole and the second section pole;
- fastening a bracket body of an adjustable section latch to a first receiving hole of the first section pole using a first adjusting hole being on the bracket body;
- fastening a screw eye to a second receiving hole of the second section pole;
- gripping the first section pole and the second section pole towards each other such that a keyhole on the bracket body of the adjustable section latch attached to the first section pole aligns with the screw eye on the second section pole, wherein the keyhole defines a small portion and a separate large portion immediately adjacent to one side of the small portion, the large portion interposed between the small portion and the first adjusting hole of the bracket body;
- inserting the screw eye in the large portion of the keyhole on the bracket body;
- releasing the first section pole and the bracket body such that a shaft of the screw eye moves from the large portion and out of the large portion completely to the small portion of the keyhole on the bracket body by a tensile force produced by the first section pole and the first fence section;
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- retaining the screw eye within the keyhole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.