US 5,704,164 AGranted

Foldable fence

OwnerLi-chu Chen Huanginventor

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Abstract

A foldable fence for confining babies includes a plurality of first supporting means, second supporting means, folding means, multiple tubes and supporting rods. The tubes each further have a mid-section with an eccentric member enclosed therein, so that when using the mid-section to extend the length of the tube is completed, turning the tube will make the eccentric member abut a peripheral side wall of the tube and therefore the length of the tube is fixed. The second supporting means provides a clearance for a rivet to move back and forth, so that when the second means abuts against a surface, such as a wall, a resilient member will provide a resilient force to further stabilize the abutting to the wall. The folding means connected between two supporting rods provides a folding mechanism to the foldable fence constructed in accordance with the present invention, such that the foldable fence is folded together to minimize the size when the use of the fence is finished.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A foldable fence comprising:

a plurality of first supporting means;
a plurality of second supporting means;
a plurality of tubes each having two distal ends securely fixed to said first supporting means and said second supporting means and two mid-sections each rotatably received within the other;
an eccentric member enclosed within one of said tubes;
a plurality of supporting rods each pivotally connected between two of said first supporting means and two of said second supporting means;
and
a plurality of folding means connected between two of said first supporting means and two of said second supporting means, said folding means comprising:
a hollow L-shaped connector having a side hole;
a button slidably received within said side hole;
an inclined extending portion with a hole for receiving a rivet therein;
and
a controlling member with an inclined projection having a notch therein for receiving a boss formed on a lower side of said button and a hole for receiving said rivet to firmly secure the controlling member with said L-shaped connector.

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Facts

Application: 08/651,983Filed 21 May 1996 · continuation in part
Priority: 19 Dec 1995
Granted: 6 Jan 1998
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

E06B 9/02
Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction:…
E06B 9/0692
Collapsible or foldable, e.g. of the bellows or lazy-tongs type: comprising flexible sheets as closing screen
E06B 2009/002
Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction:…
E06B
Fixed or movable closures for openings in buildings, vehicles, fences or like

Family

Serial574,762Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 19 Dec 1995
US 5,575,113 AParent of this continuation-in-part
US 5,704,164 AThis patent

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