Handling and supporting flexible material of a fence
OwnerPhillip J. Kaneinventor
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Abstract
A system for the handling and support of flexible material such as for the erection of barricades, fencing or shading comprises a roll of flexible material (20) e.g. brattice cloth or open plastics fabric held by a dispenser (24) having tubes (21) or straps regularly spaced along the material (20) allowing the securing of material by posts (27) to a support when the material (20) is unwound from the dispenser (24). The support may be a surface e.g. a roadway to form a barricade as shown or other structure e.g. to make a shade enclosure. A variety of accessories such as stands bracing or post extending components can also be used with the system to extend its functionality.
Claims11
A roll of flexible material for use as a fence or barricade including an integral indeterminate length of flexible material, a plurality of strap means for stiffening said length of flexible material fixed to either side of said flexible material at first intervals along said length, each of said strap means extending across the width of said length of flexible material, and a plurality of means attached to and at irregular intervals along selected ones of said strap means for fixing said length of flexible material to supporting means at second intervals along said length of said flexible material in use.
A system for handling and supporting a sheet of flexible material including an integral indeterminate length of flexible material for use as a fence or barricade, a plurality of strap means for stiffening said length of flexible material fixed to either side of said flexible material at first intervals along said length, said strap means extending across the width of said length of flexible material, a plurality of means attached to and at irregular intervals along selected ones of said stiffening strap means for fixing said length of flexible material to support means at second intervals along said length of said flexible material in use, wherein said stiffening strap means comprises straps fixed to either side of said flexible material traversely of said length and said fixing means comprises spring clip means attached at intervals along said straps, and dispenser means for storing said length of flexible material in a rolled form, said dispenser means including cartridge means having an axle member upon which said length of flexible material is wound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.