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US 8,708,316 B2Granted
Lock for a portable protective fence
AssigneeGuardian Pool Fence Systems, Inc.
InventorsSteven E. Sadinsky, Stuart Long
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Abstract
A lock for a fence, the lock including a seat having an opening configured to receive a socket and a lock plate rotatably coupled to the seat and configured to be coupled to a fence pole protruding from the socket.
Claims11
A fence comprising:
- a plurality of fence poles;
- a material tensioned between the fence poles;
- at least one socket adapted for insertion into a hole in the ground, the socket having a flange for accommodating thereon a lower end of one of the fence poles, and having a body for receiving therein a fence pole pin extending from the lower end of the one of the fence poles;
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- a lock comprising a seat having an opening through which the at least one socket extends and a lock plate rotatably coupled to the seat and coupled to the one of the fence poles accommodated by the at least one flange, wherein the seat of the lock abuts against a bottom surface of the flange and completely encircles an upper end of the body of the socket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.