Fruit tree screen

A fruit tree screen comprising:

• supports (10) provided at a front and a rear of a fruit tree;
• and
• protective sheets (20) that are provided to extend in a front-rear direction above the fruit tree, are disposed to be spaced apart from each other in the front-rear direction, are connected to each other in the front-rear direction, and a front end of one of the protective sheets (20) is fixed to two of the supports (10) at the front of the fruit tree and a rear end of another of the protective sheets (20) is fixed to two other of the supports (10) at the rear of the fruit tree,
• wherein the supports (10) include vertical bars (11) extending in an up-down direction and having a lower end fixed to a bottom surface to be spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction and horizontal members (12) extending in the lateral direction and having both ends fixed to the vertical bars (11),
• wherein through-holes (22) configured to pass through upper and lower surfaces of the protective sheets (20) are formed in peripheral portions of the protective sheets (20),
• wherein the fruit tree screen further comprises fixing members (30) provided at the peripheral portions of the protective sheets (20) and coupled to the horizontal members (12), and a connecting member (40) configured to pass through the through-holes (22) and connect the protective sheets (20), which are placed in the front-rear direction, to each other,
• wherein the connecting member (40) includes an elastic ring body (41) that is made of an elastic synthetic resin material and has both ends coupled to pass through the through-holes (22) and a clip (42) coupled to the both ends of the elastic ring body (41) to fix the both ends of the elastic ring body (41),
• wherein the fixing members (30) each include a fixing clip (31) coupled to the horizontal member (12), a connecting rope (32) having one end fixed to the protective sheet (20), and a hanging hook (33) provided at the other end of the connecting rope (32) and coupled to the fixing clip (31),
• wherein the hanging hook (33) is configured by bending a metal wire and has a coupling portion (33a), which is coupled to the connecting rope (32), formed at a rear end, a hook portion (33b), which is coupled to the fixing clip (31), formed at a front end, and an impact mitigating portion (33c), which is configured by being rolled to have a center line intersecting a direction in which the hanging hook (33) extends, formed at middle,
• wherein the coupling portion comprises a series of coils in the metal wire and a first centerline that extends through the center of each coil in the series of coils, wherein the impact mitigating portion (33c) comprises an impact mitigating coil separate from the coupling portion and a second centerline that extends through the center of the impact mitigating coil, wherein the hanging hook (33) comprises a plane that bisects the metal wire in the hook portion (33b), wherein the first centerline is parallel to the plane and the second centerline is perpendicular to the plane,
• wherein a protective tubular body (43) formed in a U-shape and having a bent portion (43a) formed at center is coupled to both ends of the elastic ring body (41),
• wherein a cut portion (43b) extending in a longitudinal direction is formed at an outer circumferential portion of the protective tubular body (43),
• wherein the clip (42) is coupled to the bent portion (43a) of the protective tubular body 43,
• wherein the elastic ring body (41) is configured in the shape of a slot extending in the lateral direction, and both ends of the elastic ring body (41) are disposed to pass through the through-holes (22) from a lower side to an upper side thereof,
• wherein both ends of the elastic ring body (41) is hung on by both ends of the clip (42), the protective sheets (20) are connected to each other by the elastic ring body (41),
• wherein the elastic ring body (41) is inserted into the protective tubular body (43) in a state in which the outer circumferential portion of the protective tubular body (43) is spread toward upper and lower sides with respect to the cut portion (43b), thereby the protective tubular body (43) being coupled to an outer portion of the elastic ring body (41), and
• wherein the clip (42) is coupled to the bent portion (43a) of the protective tubular body (43), thereby preventing the elastic ring body (41) from being broken due to rubbing against the clip (42).