Retractable fence system for swimming pool or the like
OwnerClaude Guayinventor
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Abstract
The fence system includes a trench and a collapsible screen which is mounted in the trench. A lifting device engages the top of the screen and the latter in fixed inside the trench. The lifting device is designed to raise the top of the screen to an extended position at a predetermined height, and also to lower it to a retracted position inside the trench. A closure is provided which closes the trench when the screen is collapsed in retracted position.
Claims13
A fence system which is movable between a retracted and an extended position and that can be used around a pool to prevent trespassing when in said extended position, a trench being provided for said fence system, said fence system comprising
- a collapsible rectangular screen having a lower part and an upper part,
- means for mounting the lower part of said collapsible screen in said trench,
- means engaging the upper part of said screen,
- means operable to cause said engaging means to raise said upper part of said collapsible screen to said extended position at a predetermined height above said trench, and to lower same to said retracted position inside said trench,
- said engaging means comprising a plurality of lifting rods one said lifting rod being provided for both lateral ends of said rectangular screen, means to engage the upper part of said screen between upper extremities of the two lifting rods provided at said lateral ends of said rectangular screen, and means enabling said lifting rods to project upwardly from and to withdraw downwardly into said trench, and
- a closure for said trench when said screen is in said retracted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.