Roll Up Gate System

A gate system for use with a gate opening which spans between two opposing ends, the system comprising:

• an elongate sheet of flexible mesh fencing material spanning in a longitudinal direction between a first end and a second end thereof;
• a shaft coupled to the first end of the sheet of flexible mesh fencing material so as to span generally perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the sheet such that the sheet of flexible mesh fencing material is arranged to be rolled onto the shaft;
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• a housing rotatably supporting the shaft therein such that the shaft is rotatable about an upright longitudinal axis of the shaft relative to the housing;
• the housing surrounding the shaft and being spaced radially outwardly from the shaft such that the housing is arranged to receive the sheet of flexible mesh fencing material therein when the sheet of flexible mesh fencing material is rolled onto the shaft;
• the housing including an elongate slot formed therein extending substantially parallel to the shaft so as to be arranged to receive the sheet of flexible mesh fencing material therethrough whereby the sheet of flexible mesh fencing material is arranged to be dispensed from a stored position substantially fully wound onto the shaft within the housing to a working position at least partially unwound from the shaft and spanning the gate opening;
• the housing being arranged to be mounted at one end of the gate opening in the working position;
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• the second end of the sheet of flexible mesh material being arranged to be mounted at the other end of the gate opening so as to be readily releasable therefrom in the working position.