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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7793921 | Motion-restraint arrangement A motion-restraint arrangement (48) with elongate lines of elements (10), wherein each line of elements (10) has a number of individual elements (12) which can be erected by spring elements (20) from a small-volume thin storage con... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7318258 | Clips having inflammable member inside thereof The present invention relates to clips holding cables to form a predetermined pattern in a security fence and combusted with heat or impact from outside to cut off or destroy the cables, immediately raising an alarm. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7165760 | Retaining-locking system for chain link fence slats A retaining-locking system for chain link fence slats includes specially notched fence slat elements having a pointed upper or lower end. The slat elements are sized and shaped to be interwoven between consecutive links of a chain link fence. A retaining-locking str... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7152368 | Garden trellis A trellis assembly including a first trellis section having a plurality of vertical rods connected to at least one horizontal rod and a second trellis section having a plurality of connected horizontal and vertical rods. The second trellis section includes a plurali... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7118096 | Protective guard for a fence A combination includes a fence and a protective guard. The fence has vertical posts with upper ends and at least one top support bar extending between the vertical posts. The protective guard includes a tubular member having first and second ends, an outer surface e... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7076898 | Method and apparatus for fence advertisement A system is provided to allow one to utilize fences in order to display text and designs. This is suitable for advertising applications. This is also suitable to make chain-link fences into privacy fences. The apparatus is an insert which may be snapped into positio... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7044447 | Retractable barbed barrier system A barrier system utilizing cutters that have been connected into strips, with the strips connected to form a substantially planar barrier sheet. The barrier sheet may be encased by breakable separators, which cover the cutters to prevent inadvertent injury but expos... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7004698 | Pick-up bed dividing apparatus A pick-up bed dividing apparatus includes a plurality of flexible panels each having a first side edge, a second side edge, a top edge and a bottom edge. Each of a plurality of loops extends through each of the panels adjacent to the first side edge such that the pa... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6386517 | Garden border fencing system A border fence system is taught having at least a first and a second substantially U-shaped element, each formed from an elongated bar and having an axis of substantial symmetry, the U-shape defining an upper curved portion ending in opposite legs extendi... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6279858 | Woven wire netting for protection against rock falls or for securing a top layer of soil, and method and device for producing same A wire netting, preferably used as a gravel screen or for protecting a soil surface layer is woven from corrosion-resistant wires and either fitted on the soil surface or secured in an almost upright position on a slope or something similar. The wires in ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6173942 | Electric fence network Electric fences consist typically of branches, preferably running horizontally and vertically, connected to each other in the form of a network, with conductor branches made of a non-conducting material and provided with an electrical conductor or constru... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6027785 | Impact absorbing net and a method for absorbing impact Impact absorbing net for attenuation of impact energy, having continuous ring groups 10a, 10b, 10c . . . of the ropes 20 with the ring clamps 30 provided to hold the ropes 20. The continuous ring groups 10a, 10b, 10c . . . , are each composed of the rings... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5737873 | Potted plant protector A compact potted plant protector comprised of a flexible band forming a plurality of coils (18) wound around a central axis to create a spiral (20). This spiral (20) is wrapped around a plant to create a barrier for cats. The spiral (20) may also be circu... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5542648 | Wire fencing Wire fencing including a first multiplicity of wires lying in a first plane and extending in generally uniformly mutually spaced relationship and a second multiplicity of wires lying in a second plane adjacent to the first plane and extending in generally... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5141207 | Chain link fence decorative tubing For the cylindrical fence-supporting posts of a chain link fence, a hollow decorative plastic tube which is slidably disposed about a cooperating post and held in place by a cap which engages the top of the tube in a shoulder and is of a selected diameter... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5139234 | Fencing component A fencing component is made from substantially co-planar loops of barbed tape which overlie each other and which are progressively spaced apart in a first direction. The sizes of the loops are chosen so that the overlying loops form apertures of desired s... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5029779 | Welded netting with deformed stretching wires This invention relates to a sheet-shaped welded netting of metal at least comprising mesh-forming wires extending longitudinally of the sheet and/or mesh-forming wires extending transversely of the sheet as well as several deformed stretching wires extend... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4907783 | Chain link fence edging and trimming attachment A chain link fence lower edging strip which comprises an extruded flat strip of plastic having a pair of centrally molded parallel groove that form precreased hinges allowing the extruded strip to be placed under a lower edge of a chain link fence and the... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4744708 | Coil member restraining barrier and carrying vehicle A barrier which is extensibly deployed from a vehicle and which includes at least three coils of barbed tape supported and spaced from one another with an upper coil located above two lower coils. The coils are spaced parallel from one another, and are su... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4553740 | Fencing A fencing system including a series of mesh panels which can be connected to one another by means of fastening elements of inverted U-shaped form which are driven into the ground. Each panel includes a number of vertically spaced, horizontally extending w... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4526347 | Fence assembly A fence assembly comprises a plurality of panels of expanded metal mesh having a plurality of closed meshes. The panels are arranged in zig-zag relationship, and each panel is joined to another panel by means of portion of some of the meshes of the panel ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4182382 | Thermoplastic resin-coated metallic substrate and the method of producing the same through use of a polyamide adhesive layer A metallic substrate and an outer thermoplastic resinous coating are bonded to one another by a resinous polyamide hot melt adhesive prepared by condensation of an unpolymerized amide-forming dicarboxylic-containing compound or polymeric fatty acid with a... | 01/08/1980 |
