Apparatus for assisting in installation of a fence

• US 7,591,081 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2007
• Issued: 09/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Stephen Sentz
• Original Assignee: Stephen Sentz
• Inventors: Sentz, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): Bennett; G. Bradley
• Application Number:
  US11/938,364
• Publication Number:
  US 20090119941A1
• Time in Patent Office: 680 Days
• Field of Search: 337/55, 337/59, 337/60, 337/71, 336/791
• US Class Current: 33/759
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 13/0268 Mats or sheets, e.g. nets or fabrics A01G13/0281 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 13/0287 Devices for laying-out or removing ground coverings
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 21/043 by chemicals
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 17/063 Fence liners; Vegetation prevention barriers
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 17/26 Devices for erecting or removing fences

Abstract

Disclosed is an apparatus for assisting in installation of a fence covering an area, for example, a garden. The apparatus includes a box and a sheet material housed in the box. The box further includes an opening such that the opening facilitates the sheet material to be withdrawn out of the box. The sheet material includes plurality of equidistant markings disposed along a longitudinal axis of the sheet material. The plurality of equidistant markings serves as indicators for equidistant placement of a plurality of posts of the fence, thereby assisting in correct installation of the fence. In one embodiment, the sheet material includes a biodegradable material. In another embodiment, the sheet material includes a weed-controlling agent.

Claims

1. An apparatus for assisting in installation of a fence,

comprising:

a box comprising an opening; and

a sheet material housed in the box and capable of being withdrawn out of the opening of the box, the sheet material comprising a plurality of equidistant markings disposed along a longitudinal axis of the sheet material;

wherein the plurality of equidistant markings serve as indicators for equidistant placement of a plurality of posts of the fence, and

wherein the sheet material is composed of a biodegradable material, and

wherein the sheet material has a weed controlling agent.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sheet material further comprises a slit at each marking of the plurality of markings for facilitating installation of the plurality of posts of the fence.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the box further comprises a removable flap covering the opening of the box, and wherein the flap is removed for enabling access to the sheet material.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the box comprises at least one corrugated edge for ripping off a desired length of the sheet material.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein an edge of the opening of the box is a corrugated edge for ripping off a desired length of the sheet material.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein an edge of the opening of the box is a corrugated edge for ripping off a desired length of the sheet material.