Appeal No. 2005-0516 Page 6
Application No. 10/199,803
The first embodiment of Eisele's portable fence is shown in Figures 1-7 and is
intended to be assembled, with similar sections, into a fence of any desired length, such
as a length sufficient to define the outfield boundary of a baseball or softball field. Each
section of fence 1 consists of a frame 2 defined by a series of tubular elements which
contain and hold netting 4. The frame 2 consists of a horizontal upper rail 6, a
horizontal lower rail 8 and two vertical side rails 12. An off-set section 13 represents a
break in the horizontal continuity of the bottom rail 8. Upper and lower rails 6, 8 and
vertical side rails 12 are all preferably formed as extruded tubing, and include flange
elements 20 (see Figure 6 for a closeup) projecting outward relative to the center of the
tubing. The periphery of the netting 4 is received between flanges 20, and preferably is
held within flanges 20 by wedge elements 22 (see Figure 7 for detail). Each wedge
element 22 includes a flat bottomed base portion 26 that is received between the
opposed flanges 20 and which bears upon inner ledges 28 of the flange (shown in
closeup in Figure 6), the wedge elements 22 thereby interlocking with the flanges 20 to
hold the netting 4 to its associated rail.
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