Bollard fence

Abstract

A bollard fence that can be installed around a rack, the bollard fence includes: two ground fixing members; two vertical poles of which lower ends are installed in the open holes; L-connecting members having two perpendiculars coupling portions and having a fastening slope between the two coupling portions; a horizontal frame coupled between the L-connecting members; two-stage connectors having a vertical extension coupling groove; two sub-extension frames vertically coupled using the vertical extension coupling grooves; two L-couplers of which first ends are coupled to upper ends of the two sub-extension frames; and one horizontal frame.

Claims

1. A bollard fence that can be installed around a rack, the bollard fence comprising: two ground fixing members having a ground supporting portion of a lower portion thereof for fixing on the ground and an open groove formed at an upper portion thereof; two vertical poles of which lower ends are installed in the open grooves; L-connecting members having two perpendiculars coupling portions and having a fastening slope between the two coupling portions; a horizontal frame coupled between the L-connecting members; two-stage connectors having a vertical extension coupling groove formed at an upper end thereof and having a fastening portion at a lower end thereof, at which a fastening through-hole is formed, to be coupled in surface contact with the fastening slope; two sub-extension frames vertically coupled using the vertical extension coupling grooves; two L-couplers of which first ends are coupled to upper ends of the two sub-extension frames; and one horizontal frame horizontally coupled between second ends of the L-couplers, the vertical poles can be coupled to the opening grooves of two ground fixing members, respectively, one ends of the L-connecting members are coupled to upper ends of the vertical poles, respectively, and the horizontal frame is installed between second ends of the L-connecting members, whereby a set of fences can be assembled and manufactured; and the two-stage connectors having the vertical extension coupling groove and the fastening portion can be fastened respectively to the fastening slopes of the L-connecting members, the fastening portions of the two-stage connectors having the fastening through-hole are coupled in surface contact with the surface contact slopes of the L-connecting members using fasteners, the sub-extension frames are vertically installed in the vertical extension coupling grooves of the two-stage connectors, first ends of the L-coupling members are coupled to upper ends of the vertically installed sub-extension frames, respectively, and one sub-extension frame is horizontally coupled to each of second ends of the L-coupling members, whereby the set of fences can be vertically extended.

2. The bollard fence of claim 1, comprising: a plurality of ground fixing members additionally installed; a plurality of vertical poles installed on the plurality of ground fixing members; an L-connecting member of which a first end is coupled to an upper end of each of the additionally installed vertical poles; a horizontal frame of which a first end is coupled to a second end of the L-connecting member; a horizontal connector of which a first end is coupled to a second end of the horizontal frame; a two-stage connector having a vertical extension coupling groove formed at an upper end thereof and having a fastening portion at a lower end thereof, at which a fastening through-hole is formed, to be coupled in surface contact with the fastening slope of the L-connecting member; a plurality of sub-extension frames vertically coupled using the vertical extension coupling grooves; two L-couplers of which first ends are coupled to upper ends of the sub-extension frames at both ends; a T-coupler coupled between a sub-extension frame vertically installed at the middle; and a sub-extension frame horizontally coupled between a second end of the L-coupler and the T-coupler, wherein a second end of the horizontal connector is coupled to the fastening slope of the set of fences (set A), whereby a set of fences can be horizontally and vertically extended.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is an exploded and assembled view of a sign that is installed on a bollard fence.

(2) FIG. 2 is a detailed view of the sign that is installed on bollard fence.

(3) FIG. 3 is an exploded and assembled view of swing connectors that are installed on a ground fixing member of the bollard fence.

(4) FIG. 4 is an exploded and assembled view of swing connectors that re installed on a vertical pole of the bollard fence.

(5) FIG. 5 is a detailed view of the swing connector of the bollard fence.

(6) FIG. 6 is an exploded and assembled view of a set A of the bollard fence.

(7) FIG. 7 is an embodiment view illustrating horizontal extension of the set A of the bollard fence.

(8) FIG. 8 is an embodiment view illustrating vertical extension of the set A of the bollard fence.

(9) FIG. 9 is an embodiment view illustrating horizontal and vertical extension of the set A of the bollard fence.

(10) FIG. 10 is a detailed view of a two-stage connector that is used for the bollard fence.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(11) Hereafter, the present disclosure is described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(12) The terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be interpreted as being limited to typical meanings or dictionary definitions, but should be interpreted as having meanings and concepts relevant to the technical scope of the present disclosure based on the rule according to which an inventor can appropriately define the concept of the terms to describe most appropriately in the best possible way that he or she knows for carrying out the disclosure.

(13) Accordingly, it should be appreciated that there may be various equivalents and modifications that can replace the embodiments and the configurations at the time at which the present application is filed.

(14) The present disclosure relates to a bollard fence that can prevent approach collision around a multilayer rack structure.

(15) The bollard fencer, in a broad meaning, as shown in FIG. 1, may include: a ground fixing member 10; a vertical pole 20 that is installed on the ground fixing member; a top cap 120 that can be fitted in the upper end of the vertical pole; and a sign 130 that can be mounted on the top cap, or, as shown in FIG. 3, may include: two ground fixing members 10; swing connectors 100 that can be installed on the ground fixing members, respectively, and a horizontal frame 30 installed across the two swing connectors, or, as shown in FIG. 4, may include: two ground fixing members 10; vertical poles 20 that can be installed on the two ground fixing members; two swing connectors 100 that can be fitted in the upper ends of the vertical poles; and a horizontal frame 30 installed across the two swing connectors, or, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, may include: a plurality of ground fixing members 10; vertical poles 20 that are installed on the ground fixing members, respectively; L-connecting members 40 that can be coupled to the top of the vertical pole; horizontal frames 30 that can be coupled to the L-connecting member or a horizontal connecting member 50; two-stage connectors 80 that can be coupled to the outer wall of the L-connecting member or the outer wall of the horizontal connecting member 50; sub-extension frames 90 that can be perpendicularly coupled to the top of the two-stage connector; and a T-coupler 60 or an L-coupler 70 that is disposed between the vertically coupled sub-extension frames so that the sub-extension frames can be horizontally coupled. Accordingly, the bollard fence can be formed in multiple layers and can be horizontally extended.

(16) In more detail, the ground fixing member 10 has: a ground supporting portion 12 enabling the bottom thereof to be installed and fixed on the ground: and an open groove 11 formed on the top thereof, so the vertical pole 20 or the swing connector 100 can be installed and inserted through the open groove on the top.

(17) The vertical pole 20 is a hollow pillar type member and the lower portion thereof can be installed in the open groove 11 of the ground supporting portion.

(18) The swing connector 100 is formed in a shape having: a lower coupling portion 101; and an upper coupling ring 102 having a plurality of inner rail grooves 102a on the inner wall, the lower coupling portion 101 can be inserted in the open groove 11 of the ground fixing member or installed at the upper end of the vertical pole 20, ring adapters 110 having various inner diameters are coupled to the upper coupling ring 102, and the ring adapters 110 have a plurality of rails 111 on the outer wall thereof, so the swing counter 100 is manufactured such that ring adapters 110 having various inner diameters can be coupled to the inner rail grooves 102a of the upper coupling ring 102 in accordance with the thickness of the horizontal frame 30.

(19) The sign 130 has: a fastening protrusion 131 having a locking portion 131a at the lower portion thereof; and an indication portion 132 at the upper portion thereof.

(20) A conical top cap that can be fitted in the top of the vertical pole has: an insertion portion 121 having a friction protrusion 121a at the lower portion thereof; and an exposed portion 122 at the upper end thereof, and further has: a fastening hole (not shown) formed through the centers of the insertion portion and the exposed portion; and a coupling seat groove 124 formed across the fastening hole (not shown) of the exposed portion (not shown). The outer diameter of the insertion portion 121 is smaller than the inner diameter of the vertical pole, so the insertion portion can be inserted in the vertical pole 20. The fastening protrusion 131 formed at the lower portion of the indication portion of the sign 130 is inserted in the fastening hole and is fastened to the fastening hole 123 using the locking portion 131a, thereby being able to prevent the sign from separating from the fastening hole. The bottom of the indication portion is seated in the coupling seat groove 124.

(21) A plurality of vertical poles 20 can be fitted in the plurality of ground fixing members 10 and a horizontal frame can be installed between the vertical poles 20 using the L-connecting member 40 or the horizontal connecting member 50. The L-connecting member 40 has: two coupling portions 51 perpendicularly formed such that vertical frames 20 at both ends of a fence and the horizontal frame 30 can be coupled; and a fastening slope 52 having a plurality of surface contact fastening portions 52a to contribute to fastening to an outer wall between the two coupling portions 51 using a fastener 140 such as a bolt.

(22) A first end of the horizontal connecting member 50 may be coupled to a first end of a horizontal frame 30 at the center of a fence and a second end of the horizontal connecting member may be coupled in surface contact to the fastening slope 52 of the L-connecting member, whereby it is possible to extend the fence.

(23) The two-stage connector 80 has: a vertical extension coupling groove 81 formed at the upper end thereof; and a fastening portion 82 formed at the lower portion thereof and having a fastening through-hole 82a formed to be able to be fastened to the fastening slope 52 on the outer wall of the L-connecting member 40. The fastening through-hole of the fastening portion and the surface contact fastening portion of the fastening slope can be coupled using the fastener 140, such as a bolt, with the fastening portion of the two-stage connector in surface contact with the fastening slope 52 of the L-connecting member, and the fastening portion 82 of the two-stage connector can be coupled to the outer wall of the horizontal connecting member coupled to the L-connecting member with the fastening slope of the L-connecting member fastened to the horizontal connecting member 50. The sub-extension frame 90 is vertically installed in the vertical extension coupling groove of the two-stage connector and the T-coupler 60 the L-coupler 70 is used between sub-extension frames vertically installed, whereby it is possible to extend a fence in a multistage type.

(24) Three sub-extension frames can be fitted to the T-coupler 60 and two sub-extension frames can be fitted to the L-coupler 70.

(25) As an embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the lower end of a vertical pole is coupled to the open groove 11 of a ground fixing member 10, a top cap 120 can be fitted in the upper end of the vertical pole using the insertion portion 121 of the top cap, and the friction protrusion 121a formed on the outer wall of the insertion portion can prevent the top cap 120 from separating from the vertical pole. The fastening protrusion 131 of a sign 130 can be fitted in the fastening hole (not shown) formed through the center of the top cap and the locking portion 131a is formed at the end of the fastening protrusion, whereby it is possible to prevent the sign from separating from the fastening hole (not shown). The bottom of the sign is seated and held in the coupling seat groove 124 formed at the exposed portion 122 of the top cap 120.

(26) Further, a swing connector 100 can be installed in the open groove 11 of the ground fixing member, as shown in FIG. 3. Two swing connectors can be coupled to two ground fixing members, respectively, and a horizontal frame 30 is installed horizontally between the upper coupling rings 102 of the two swing connectors. In detail, the horizontal frame 30 may be installed after ring adapters are coupled to upper coupling rings 102, respectively, using the inner rail grooves 102a of the upper coupling rings 102 and the rails 111 of the ring adapters 110 in accordance with the thickness of the horizontal frame, and, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the lower coupling portion 101 of the swing connector can be coupled not only to the ground fixing member 10, but to the upper end of the vertical pole 20, so it is possible to adjust the height of a fence in accordance with the length of the vertical frame.

(27) Further, as shown in FIG. 6, vertical poles can be coupled to the opening grooves of two ground fixing members, respectively, the first ends of L-connecting members 40 are coupled to the upper ends of the vertical poles, respectively, and a horizontal frame is installed between the second ends of the L-connecting members 40, whereby it is possible to assemble and manufacture a set of fences (set A).

(28) The one set of fences can be extended horizontally or vertically. As shown in FIG. 8, in order to vertically extend a set of fences (set A), two-stage connectors 80 having the vertical extension coupling groove 81 and the fastening portion 82 can be fastened respectively to the fastening slopes of the L-connecting members. In this case, the fastening portions of the two-stage connectors having the fastening through-hole 82a are coupled in surface contact with the surface contact slopes of the L-connecting members using fasteners 140, sub-extension frames 90 are vertically installed in the vertical extension coupling grooves 81 of the two-stage connectors, the first ends of the L-coupling members 70 are coupled to the upper ends of the vertically installed sub-extension frames, respectively, and one sub-extension frame is horizontally coupled to each of the second ends of the L-coupling members. Accordingly, it is possible to vertically extend the set of fences (set A).

(29) Further, it is possible to horizontally extend a set of fences. As shown in FIG. 7, in order to horizontally extend a set of fences (set A), vertical poles can be coupled to the open grooves of two ground fixing members, respectively, the first ends of L-coupling members 40 are coupled to the upper portions of the vertical poles, a horizontal frame is installed between the second ends of the L-connecting members 40, whereby it is possible to assemble and manufacture a set of fences (set A). In this case, one ground fixing member and one vertical pole are additionally installed, the first end of an L-coupling member is coupled to the upper portion of the vertical pole, the second end of the L-connecting member is coupled to the first end of a horizontal frame to be added, the second end of the horizontal frame is coupled to a horizontal connecting member, and the second end of the horizontal connecting member is coupled to the fastening slope of the L-connecting member of the set of fences (set A). Accordingly, it is possible to horizontally extend a set of fences. That is, the lower end of vertical poles 20 are coupled to the opening grooves 11 of a plurality of ground fixing members, the coupling portions 51 of the first ends of L-connecting members 40 are coupled to the first ends of the vertical poles, respectively, and a horizontal frame 30 can be installed between the coupling portions 51 at the second ends of the L-connecting members. In order to horizontally extend this fence, the first end of an L-connecting member 40 is coupled to the first end of a horizontal frame, the first end of a horizontal connecting member 50 is coupled to the second end of the horizontal frame, and then the second end of the horizontal connecting member is coupled in surface contact to the fastening slope 52 of the set of fences A to which the L-connecting member is coupled, thereby being able to extend the set of fences.

(30) Further, a horizontally extended fence can be additionally vertically extended. As shown in FIG. 9, in order to extend additionally vertically extend a horizontally extended fence, a two-stage connector 80 can be coupled to the fastening slope 52 of the L-connecting member of the horizontally extended fence using a fastener 140. In this case, the fastening portion 82 having the fastening through-hole 82a can be coupled in surface contact to the fastening slope 52 of the L-connecting member 40 using a fastener 140 and a sub-extension frame 90 can be vertically installed using the vertical extension coupling groove 81 at the upper portion thereof. When a sub-extension frame is horizontally installed between vertically installed sub-extension frames, a T-coupler 60 or an L-coupler 70 can be used, depending on the position. A T-coupler is used between two sub-extension frames that are horizontally installed and one sub-extension frame that are vertically installed, and an L-coupler is used is used to couple a sub-extension frame that is vertically installed and a sub-extension frame that is horizontally installed.

(31) Two-stage connectors are coupled to the fastening slopes of L-connecting members, respectively, sub-extension frames are vertically installed in the vertical extension coupling grooves of the L-connecting members, L-couplers 70 are coupled to the upper ends of the sub-extension frames at both ends, and a T-coupler 60 is coupled to sub-extension frames that are horizontally installed between the sub-extension frames at both ends so that the fence can be horizontally and vertically extended, as in FIG. 9.

(32) According to the present disclosure, it is possible to horizontally extend a fence using a ground fixing member, a vertical pole, an L-coupler, a horizontal coupler, and a horizontal frame.

(33) In order to the horizontally extended fence in a multistage type, it is possible to vertically extend the frame additionally using two-stage connectors, sub-extension frames that are vertically and horizontally installed, and a T-coupler or an L-coupler.

(34) Hereinabove, although the present disclosure is described by specific matters such as concrete components, and the like, embodiments, and drawings, they are provided only for assisting in the entire understanding of the present disclosure. Therefore, the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments. Various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art to which the present disclosure pertains from this description.

(35) Therefore, the spirit of the present disclosure should not be limited to the described embodiments, and the following claims as well as all modified equally or equivalently to the claims are intended to fall within the disclosure.