Privacy fence border system
AssigneeMarvin W. Bonham
InventorMervin Wade Bonham
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Abstract
A privacy fence border system for allowing a user to selectively close the fence for privacy and open the fence for increased visibility. The privacy fence border system includes a lower support, an upper support, a plurality of panels pivotally connected between the lower support and the upper support, an opening and closing mechanism connected to the lower end of the plurality of panels, and a handle inserted in the opening and closing mechanism. Manipulation of the handle allows for positioning of the panels in a closed state to increase privacy or an open state to increase visibility.
Claims5
A privacy fence border system, comprising:
- a pair of support poles inserted into a ground surface;
- a lower support rail and an upper support rail supported by said support poles;
- a plurality of panels pivotally connected between said lower support rail and said upper support rail, wherein said plurality of panels are each vertically aligned and are substantially parallel to one another;
- wherein said plurality of panels are distally spaced apart from one another in an equidistant manner;
- wherein said plurality of panels each have a pivot point that is centrally located along a longitudinal axis of each of said plurality of panels, said plurality of panels being simultaneously pivoted about said pivot points between an open state and a closed state;
- wherein opposing sides of adjacent panels abut one another when in said closed state to substantially block viewing through said plurality of panels;
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- an opening and closing mechanism inside said lower support rail and connected to lower ends of the plurality of panels for pivoting said panels between said open state and said closed state, said opening and closing mechanism comprising:
- a plurality of connectors protruding through said lower support rail, each of said plurality of connectors attached to a respective panel for pivoting said panel when said connectors are rotated;
- a plurality of double pulleys distally spaced apart from one another in an equidistant manner along an interior of said lower support rail, each of said pulleys being connected to a respective connector for rotating said connector when said pulleys are rotated;
- a plurality of pulley belts, each of said belts operatively engaging a pair of adjacent double pulleys such that the plurality of belts are rotated simultaneously in the same direction in order to simultaneously rotate said plurality of pulleys;
- a center pulley-gear connected to one of said plurality of pulleys for rotating said one pulley, rotation of said one pulley simultaneously rotating a pair of attached pulley belts;
- a worm gear operatively engaging said center pulley-gear for rotating said center pulley gear;
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- a handle removably inserted into an end of said worm gear for rotating said worm gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.