Noise-protection screen
First Claim
1. A noise protection screen comprised of a plurality of hollow tubular members of equal length and substantially ellipitical in cross-section, each of said hollow members being formed of flexible material and being arranged in a vertical plane and inclined at an angle of from 15 to 75 degrees to the horizontal, said hollow members being interconnected by corresponding tongue-and-groove engagement and interlocked by action of the weight of the hollow members upon each other whereby the engaged grooves are deformed in a manner to provide a clamping action of the grooves about the corresponding tongues, each hollow member having a fixed projecting tongue extending longitudinally on one side and a recessed groove extending longitudinally within an opposing side, the tongue-and-groove engagement occurring between a fixed tongue of one hollow member and a corresponding groove within an adjacent hollow member.
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Abstract
The noise protection screen of the present invention comprises a plurality of hollow tubular members, preferably of equal length and substantially elliptical in cross-section. The hollow members are formed of a flexible material and inclined at an angle to the horizontal. The hollow members are interconnected by corresponding tongue-and-groove engagement whereby the engaged grooves are deformed in a manner to provide a clamping action of the grooves about the corresponding tongues.
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- 1. A noise protection screen comprised of a plurality of hollow tubular members of equal length and substantially ellipitical in cross-section, each of said hollow members being formed of flexible material and being arranged in a vertical plane and inclined at an angle of from 15 to 75 degrees to the horizontal, said hollow members being interconnected by corresponding tongue-and-groove engagement and interlocked by action of the weight of the hollow members upon each other whereby the engaged grooves are deformed in a manner to provide a clamping action of the grooves about the corresponding tongues, each hollow member having a fixed projecting tongue extending longitudinally on one side and a recessed groove extending longitudinally within an opposing side, the tongue-and-groove engagement occurring between a fixed tongue of one hollow member and a corresponding groove within an adjacent hollow member.
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7. A noise protection screen comprised of a plurality of hollow tubular members of equal length and substantially elliptical in cross-section, each of said hollow members being formed of flexible materials and being arranged in a vertical plane and inclined at an angle of from 15 to 75 degrees to the horizontal, the hollow members being interconnected by corresponding tongue-and-groove engagement and interlocked by action of the weight of the hollow members upon each other whereby the engaged grooves are deformed in a manner to provide a clamping action of the grooves about the corresponding tongues, each hollow member having a fixed projecting tongue extending longitudinally on one side and a recessed groove extending longitudinally within an opposing side, the tongue-and-groove engagement occurring between adjacent grooves of adjacent hollow members and a loose tongue which engages said adjacent grooves, together with engagement between a fixed tongue of at least one of said adjacent hollow members and a corresponding groove in an additionally adjacent hollow member.
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