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Multipurpose seasonal sport safety fence

  • US 9,453,356 B2
  • Filed: 10/04/2013
  • Issued: 09/27/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A multipurpose safety fence, comprising:

  • a plurality of mesh panels forming a fence boundary, each of said plurality of mesh panels having upper and lower edges;

    first and second end poles positioned at first and second ends of the fence boundary, the first and second and poles fixed with respect to a field surface;

    a plurality of support posts positioned adjacent to, and separated from, the plurality of mesh panels so that the plurality of support posts are offset behind the fence boundary formed by the plurality of mesh panels, each of the plurality of support posts having a first vertically-oriented section and a second section angled inwards toward the fence boundary, a top portion of each of the plurality of support posts positioned above said plurality of mesh panels and coupled to at least one of the plurality of mesh panels, a bottom portion of each of the plurality of support posts fixed with respect to the field surface;

    a plurality of bottom anchor assemblies disposed beneath the plurality of mesh panels, each of the bottom anchor assemblies comprising an elongated element extending out from the bottom portion of one of the plurality of support posts, each of the bottom anchor assemblies further comprising a connecting portion extending to the lower edge of at least one of the plurality of mesh panels to form a rigid connection between the bottom portion of the support post and the lower edge of the at least one mesh panel;

    wherein the upper edge of each of said plurality of mesh panels is suspended from above by a tensioned cable extending upward from the upper edge of the mesh panel, the tensioned cable coupled to a respective one of said plurality of support posts, and the lower edge of each of said plurality of mesh panels is tensioned from below by at least one of said bottom anchor assemblies;

    wherein said mesh panels are each attached at the lower edge to the respective bottom anchor assembly sufficiently close to the field surface to prevent a ball from rolling between the lower edge and the field surface,wherein a first one of said plurality of mesh panels is connected to the first end pole, and a second one of said plurality of mesh panels is connected to the second and pole; and

    wherein the plurality of mesh panels are resiliently deflectable upon impact by an object.

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