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US 9,434,338 B2Granted
Connector for an animal fence
AssigneePrecision Pet Products, Inc.
InventorsDavid Link, Hongkun Liang
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Abstract
A connector for use with an animal barrier. The connector includes a locking member configured to lock corresponding horizontal and vertical members when the locking member is in the locked position, and release the corresponding horizontal and vertical members to allow for length adjustment of both the horizontal and vertical members when the s is in the release position.
Claims15
An adjustable animal barrier comprising:
- a first barrier member extending along a first axis;
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- a connector coupled to the first barrier member, the connector having:
- a connector body having a first opening configured to receive the first barrier member;
- a first clamp coupled to the connector body and configured to exert a first circumferential force upon the first barrier member, the first clamp being moveable relative to the connector body between a first clamping position and a first release position, the first circumferential force increasing as the first clamp moves from the first release position to the first clamp position;
- a locking member operatively coupled to the connector body and operatively coupled to the first clamp, the locking member being selectively transitional relative to the connector body between a locking member release position and a locking member clamping position, the locking member causing the first clamp to move toward the first clamp position as the locking member transitions from the locking member release position toward the locking member clamping position.
3 more elements
A connector for an adjustable animal barrier having a first barrier member, the connector comprising:
- a connector body having a first opening configured to receive the first barrier member;
- a first clamp coupled to the connector body and configured to exert a first circumferential force upon the first barrier member, the first clamp being moveable relative to the connector body between a first clamping position and a first release position, the first circumferential force increasing as the first clamp moves from the first release position the first clamp position;
- a locking member operatively coupled to the connector body and operatively coupled to the first clamp, the locking member being selectively transitional relative to the connector body between a locking member release position and a locking member clamping position, the locking member causing the first clamp to move toward the first clamp position as the locking member transitions from the locking member release position toward the locking member clamping position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.