Safety fence

• US 9,200,416 B2
• Filed: 06/09/2011
• Issued: 12/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Suntory Holdings Limited (Kotobuki Realty Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Suntory Holdings Limited (Kotobuki Realty Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Sei-ichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): MACARTHUR, VICTOR L
• Application Number:
  US14/122,258
• Publication Number:
  US 20140084231A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,636 Days
• Field of Search: 256/59, 256/64, 256/65.02, 256/65.14, 256/DIG.5, 256/DIG.6
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/32 of electricity
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/30 Constructional details of charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/31 Charging columns specially adapted for electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: E01F 13/00 Arrangements for obstructing or restricting traffic, e.g. gates, barricades for railway crossings B61L ; Preventing passage of vehicles of selected category or dimensions E01F13/12, E01F13/126 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 17/14 Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

This invention provides a safety fence which can easily be installed in parking spaces, and which enables wiring to be laid to each parking space by housing the wiring on the inside. The safety fence has two legs and a cylindrical section. The two legs are inserted in two holes formed in the ground in the width direction of a vehicle. The cylindrical section is formed in a substantially upside-down U-shape, the two ends of which are connected to the two legs. The cylindrical section houses the wiring on the inside. Two openings that expose the wiring to the outside are formed on both sides of the cylindrical section in the vehicle width direction.

Claims

1. A safety fence structure for being installed in parking spaces, the fence structure comprising:

two legs for being inserted in two holes, respectively, formed in a ground surface of the parking spaces along a vehicle width direction;

a cylindrical section configured to house wiring on the inside, and having a substantially upside-down U-shape, the ends of the cylindrical section being connected to the two legs, respectively;

two openings formed on both sides of the cylindrical section in the vehicle width direction, and configured to expose the wiring to an area outside of the cylindrical section therethrough, wherein the two openings are to be locatable above the ground surface of the parking spaces;

a box mounted to the side of the cylindrical section, wherein the box communicates with one of the openings and communicates with the other of the openings in another cylindrical section arranged adjacently along the vehicle width direction; and

a linkage member having an inside diameter larger than an outside diameter of the cylindrical section and fitted over the cylindrical section, wherein a length of the safety fence in the vehicle width direction can be adjusted by adjusting a length of the linkage member in an axial direction of the cylindrical section.

2. The safety fence structure according to claim 1, wherein the cylindrical section includes a first cylindrical member of substantially L-shape in which the one of the openings is formed, a second cylindrical member of substantially L-shape in which the other of the openings is formed, and a cylindrical linkage member which links together the first cylindrical member and the second cylindrical member.

3. The safety fence structure according to claim 1, wherein the cylindrical section has a substantially rectangular cross-sectional configuration.

4. The safety fence structure according to claim 1, further comprising a charging device placed on top of the box.

5. The safety fence structure according to claim 1, the box further comprises a plate-shaped portion being in contact with the ground surface and supporting the box.