JP2002345335A - Horticultural fence - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a horticultural fence capable of freely changing its shape or length in accordance with the size or shape of a flower bed, also suitably used as the fence for not only the flower bed in a garden but also installing at a veranda, etc., in an apartment house and excellent in all purpose property. SOLUTION: This horticultural fence is constituted by linking a plurality of unit pieces consisting of a synthetic resin in its width direction, and characterized by making the linked individual unit fence as capable of bending and also separating at their linked parts with each other.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a garden fence, and more particularly to a garden fence that can freely change the shape and length of the fence according to the size and shape of the flower bed. The present invention relates to a horticultural fence that can be suitably used not only as a fence of a building but also as a fence to be installed on a veranda or the like of an apartment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a horticultural fence used for surrounding a flower bed in a house garden or the like, for example, a plurality of plate-like unit fence pieces as shown in FIG. However, such a fence has a drawback that the shape of the fence cannot be changed according to the shape of the flower bed, and the versatility is lacking.

[0003] In order to solve such a drawback, there has been proposed a horticultural fence that is bendable in the middle. As such a gardening fence,
For example, Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3050192, Patent No. 3
The techniques disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 077969 and Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. Sho 56-3775 can be mentioned as typical examples. The horticultural fences of these disclosed technologies are excellent in that the shape of the fence can be changed according to the shape of the flowerbed because the fence is bendable in the middle of the fence. Had problems.

First, in the technology disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3050192, a unit fence in which a plurality of vertical plates and horizontal plates are integrated in a lattice shape in advance is formed, and these unit fences are rotated by hinges or the like. Since they are connected as much as possible, the bendable interval is wide and the unit fences cannot be separated from each other. Therefore, the degree of freedom in changing the fence shape according to the area and shape of the flower bed is low, and the versatility is poor. Further, the disclosed technology of Japanese Patent No. 3077969 is a structure in which a pile body composed of four divided logs is connected by a cord-like body.
It was difficult to separate the connected pile bodies, for example, it was difficult to shorten the fence according to the area of the flowerbed. Moreover, since it was assumed to be used as a fence to be driven into the ground as a pile, it was not suitable for use as a fence to be installed on a veranda or the like of an apartment. Further, the technology disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. Sho 56-3775 is to provide a cylindrical hinge portion on both sides of a flat component edge material and insert a pile into this hinge portion to connect the component edge material rotatably. It is necessary to use piles to connect each component rim, so it is not suitable for use as a fence to be installed on the veranda etc. of the apartment, and it is assumed that each component rim is separated However, there is also a disadvantage that it takes time and effort to separate the components.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to freely change the shape and length of a fence according to the size and shape of a flower bed. It does not provide an extremely versatile horticultural fence that can be used as a fence for a garden flowerbed as well as a fence to be installed on a veranda or the like of a condominium. It is assumed that.

[0006]

The invention according to claim 1 is
A plurality of unit fence pieces made of synthetic resin are connected to each other in the width direction thereof, and the connected individual unit fence pieces are bendable and separable at a connection portion thereof. Related to gardening fences.
The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the plurality of unit fence pieces include a pile-shaped fence piece having an insertion portion that can be inserted into the ground at a lower end, and a general fence piece that does not have the insertion portion. The horticultural fence according to claim 1. The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the connecting portion is provided on a fitting portion provided on one side of each unit fence piece, and on another side portion of each unit fence piece so as to be fittable with the fitting portion. 2. A unit fence piece provided, wherein adjacent unit fence pieces are connected to each other by using the fitting part and the fitted part without using a separate member. Or a horticultural fence according to 2. In the invention according to claim 4, the fitting portion has a cylindrical portion having a C-shaped cross section, and the fitted portion has a shaft provided in parallel with the length direction of the unit fence piece, 4. The horticultural fence according to claim 3, wherein the shaft is removably and rotatably fitted into the cylindrical portion by utilizing the bending deformation of the cylindrical portion.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of a horticultural fence according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of a horticultural fence according to the present invention, FIG.
1 is a top view of a gardening fence according to the present invention. The horticultural fence (1) according to the present invention is configured by connecting a plurality of unit fence pieces (2) formed of a synthetic resin in a width direction thereof. In the illustrated example, the unit fence is composed of ten unit fence pieces (2), but the number of unit fence pieces (2) is not particularly limited and can be changed as appropriate.

The unit fence piece (2) has a pile-shaped fence piece (21) having an insertion part (2a) formed at an lower end at an acute angle so that it can be inserted into the ground, and the insertion part (2a). The general rectangular fence pieces (2
2), and a pile-shaped fence piece (21) is provided at every other one of the general fence pieces (22). However, the horticultural fence (1) according to the present invention can be changed to a form of only a pile-shaped fence piece (21) or only a general fence piece (22), as described later.

The horticultural fence (1) according to the present invention is characterized in that the connected individual unit fence pieces (2) are bendable and separable at the connecting portion (3). The specific configuration of the connecting portion (3) will be described below.

FIGS. 3 and 4 are a front view and a top view, respectively, of the unit fence piece (2), and FIGS. 5 and 6 are enlarged perspective views showing a connecting portion (3) of the unit fence piece (2). FIG. The connecting part (3) is composed of each unit fence piece (2).
A fitting portion (31) integrally provided on one side of the unit fence; and a cover integrally provided on the other side of each unit fence piece (2) so as to be fittable with the fitting portion (31). A fitting portion (32) is provided, and the fitting portion (31) and the fitted portion (32) are provided at two locations at the same height.

The fitting portion (31) has a cylindrical portion (3a) having a C-shaped cross section extending laterally from one side of the unit fence piece (2), and the fitting portion (32). Has a cylindrical shaft (3b) provided in the other side of the unit fence piece (2) in parallel with the length direction of the unit fence piece. The width of the opening (3c) provided in the cylindrical portion (3a) of the fitting portion (31) is equal to the width of the shaft (3b) of the fitted portion (32).
When the shaft body (3b) is pressed against the opening (3c) of the cylindrical portion (3a), the cylindrical portion (3a) is flexed and deformed to open the opening (3c). ) Is expanded, and the shaft body (3b) is fitted into the cylindrical portion (3a).

The inner diameter of the cylindrical portion (3a) of the fitting portion (31) is set to be slightly larger than the outer diameter of the shaft (3b) of the fitted portion (32). The shaft fitted into the part can be rotated in the cylindrical part, whereby the garden fence (1) can be turned into each unit fence piece (2).
Each connecting portion (3) can be bent at a free angle.

When the fitted shaft (3b) is pulled toward the opening (3c) of the cylindrical portion (3a),
Similarly, the cylindrical portion (3a) bends and deforms to form an opening (3c).
Is widened, and the shaft body (3b) is removed from the cylindrical portion (3a).

As described above, the unit fence pieces (2) are connected to each other by fitting the shaft (3b) of the fitted portion (32) into the cylindrical portion (3a) of the fitting portion (31). The unit fence piece (2) can be separated by removing the shaft (3b) of the fitted portion (32) from the cylindrical portion (3a) of the fitting portion (31). The connecting and separating operations of the unit fence pieces utilize the bending deformation of the synthetic resin constituting each unit fence piece (2), so that a separate member for connection such as a pin is not required, and one-touch operation is possible. It can be performed very easily and in a short time.

The connecting portion (3) of the horticultural fence (1) according to the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned structure at all, and any other connecting portion that can be bent and separated can be used. It is also possible to adopt a configuration. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of another embodiment of the connecting portion (3). The connecting portion (3) in this embodiment includes two cylindrical portions (33) provided at one side of the unit fence piece (2) at an interval above and below, and the other of the unit fence pieces (2). It comprises one cylindrical portion (34) provided on the side at an intermediate height between the two cylindrical portions (33), and a pin (35) inserted so as to pass through these three cylindrical portions. ing. Even with the connecting portion (3) having such a configuration, each unit fence piece (2) can be separated at each connecting portion (3) and can be bent at a free angle. However, as the number of parts increases and the work of connection and separation becomes somewhat troublesome, the fitting portion (3
It is more preferable to employ a connecting portion (3) composed of 1) and the fitted portion (32). Further, the connecting portion (3) may be formed in another form, for example, by inserting a wedge instead of the pin (35).

The horticultural fence (1) according to the present invention has a circular shape as shown in FIG. 8 because the unit fence pieces (2) can be bent at the respective connecting portions (3) as described above. A connection unit in which one unit fence piece is used as a unit or a plurality is used as a unit, such as a square as shown in FIG. 9, a waveform as shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, a shape in which two squares are combined as shown in FIG. By bending in (3), the shape of the fence can be freely changed according to the shape of the flowerbed.

Furthermore, in the horticultural fence (1) according to the present invention, since the unit fence pieces (2) can be separated from each other at the respective connecting portions (3) as described above, for example, a pile-shaped fence piece ( It is also possible to remove 21) and reassemble it into one consisting only of general fence pieces (22) as shown in FIG. The horticultural fence (1) including only such general fence pieces (22) is suitable for being installed and used on a veranda or the like of an apartment. It is also possible to increase or decrease the number of the pile fence pieces (21), or to make the pile fence pieces (21) only, and to change the position of the pile fence pieces (21). You can also do it freely. Furthermore, since the number of unit fence pieces (2) can be freely increased or decreased, for example, if the area of the flower bed to be surrounded is small and the fence is too long, an appropriate number of unit fence pieces (2) can be used. ) Can be used again after connection, and if the fence is too short, the two fences (1) can be connected and used.

[0018]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of unit fence pieces made of synthetic resin are connected in the width direction thereof, and the connected individual unit fence pieces are connected to each other. Is a garden fence characterized in that it is bendable and separable at its connection part, it is possible to freely change the shape and length of the fence according to the size and shape of the flower bed, A gardening fence with excellent versatility.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the plurality of unit fence pieces are composed of a pile-shaped fence piece having an insertion portion which can be inserted into the ground at a lower end, and a general fence piece having no insertion portion. The horticultural fence according to claim 1, which can be used as a fence for a flower bed in a garden or as a fence to be installed on a veranda or the like of a condominium. It becomes a gardening fence.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the connecting portion has a fitting portion provided on one side of each unit fence piece and a mating portion provided on the other side portion of each unit fence piece. 3. The horticultural product according to claim 1 or 2, wherein adjacent unit fence pieces are connected to each other by using the fitting portion and the fitted portion without using a separate member. Since it is a fence, the number of parts can be reduced and the cost can be reduced, and the work of connecting and separating unit fence pieces can be easily performed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the fitting portion has a cylindrical portion having a C-shaped cross section, and the fitted portion has a shaft provided in parallel with the length direction of the unit fence piece. And
4. The horticultural fence according to claim 3, wherein the shaft is removably and rotatably fitted into the cylindrical portion by utilizing the bending deformation of the cylindrical portion. The connection / separation operation can be performed very easily and in a short time with one touch.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a horticultural fence according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a top view of the horticultural fence according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a unit fence piece.

FIG. 4 is a top view of a unit fence piece.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view showing a connection portion of a unit fence piece.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view showing a connection portion of a unit fence piece.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an example of another embodiment of a connecting portion.

FIG. 8 is a top view showing a state in which the horticultural fence according to the present invention is bent and used.

FIG. 9 is a top view showing a state in which the horticultural fence according to the present invention is bent and used.

FIG. 10 is a top view showing a state in which the horticultural fence according to the present invention is bent and used.

FIG. 11 is a top view showing a state in which the horticultural fence according to the present invention is bent and used.

FIG. 12 is a top view showing a state in which the horticultural fence according to the present invention is bent and used.

FIG. 13 is a top view showing a state in which the horticultural fence according to the present invention is bent and used.

FIG. 14 is a view in which the horticultural fence according to the present invention is reassembled into a general fence piece only.

FIG. 15 is a front view showing an example of a conventional gardening fence.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Gardening fence 2 Unit fence piece 21 Pile-shaped fence piece 2a Insertion part 22 General fence piece 3 Connecting part 31 Fitting part 32 Fitted part 3a Cylindrical member 3b Shaft

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of unit fence pieces made of synthetic resin are connected in the width direction thereof, and the connected individual unit fence pieces are bendable and separable at a connection part thereof. A gardening fence characterized in that: 2. The plurality of unit fence pieces are composed of a pile-shaped fence piece having an insertion portion which can be inserted into the ground at a lower end thereof, and a general fence piece having no insertion portion. Item 7. The gardening fence according to Item 1. 3. The connecting part comprises a fitting part provided on one side of each unit fence piece and a fitted part provided on the other side of each unit fence piece. 3. The horticultural fence according to claim 1, wherein the matching unit fence pieces are connected to each other by using the fitting portion and the fitted portion without using a separate member. 4. The fitting portion has a cylindrical portion having a C-shaped cross section, and the fitted portion has a shaft body provided in parallel with the length direction of the unit fence piece. The horticultural fence according to claim 3, wherein the horticultural fence is removably and rotatably fitted into the cylindrical portion by utilizing the bending deformation of the cylindrical portion.