The present invention relates generally to a device for use by infants or pets and more specifically relates to a fence for use by infants or pets for confining their activities within a restricted area.
Currently, care of infants is generally limited to cradles and infant chairs by which and within which the activities of infants are confined so that the adults can always keep the infants within their eyesight. However, cradles and infant chairs are only suitable for infants at very young ages, such as those between new-born to 1-year-old, when they are not too active. As the infants grow up and gradually learn to crawl or walk, they need more rooms for activities and so cradles and infant chairs are no longer able to meet their needs. Since the activities of infants cannot be confined within a restricted area, adults have to keep watch over the infants to prevent accidents. Caring of the infants therefore brings much inconvenience to the adults.
The same applies to pets. Many pets are active and they need some rooms for activities. It is common to tie the pet with a rope to confine its activities within a restricted area. This method is effective to a certain extent but the pet may get hurt easily. More specifically, as the rope can be easily tangled up, the pet may even be easily suffocated by the rope. Further, due to the lack of places to tie the rope at outdoors such as a lawn, the caregiver must always grab the rope in order to keep the pet within his/her eyesight. This brings much inconvenience to the caregiver.
In view of the aforesaid disadvantages now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a fence for use by infants or pets to confine their activities within a restricted area so that caring of the infants or pets can become easier.
The above objects are attained by the present invention as follows.
The present invention provides a fence for use by infants or pets which comprises an assembly of fence plates rotatable in relation to each other, wherein the adjacent fence plates are assembled with each other by means of a rotating axle. The fence has a bottom portion which is disposed with fixing members. The present invention assembles a plurality of the fence plates to form a fence. The fence is fixed on the ground by the fixing members to prevent it from sliding. When infants or pets are put into an area restricted by the fence, they can enjoy sufficient rooms for activities. It is also possible to prevent the infants or pets from escaping out of the fence and to confine their activities within a restricted area, thus accidents due to absence of care could be avoided. Since the fence of the present invention is formed by assembling the fence plates, the fence can be easily disassembled and folded for convenient transport and for convenient use even at outdoors.
More specifically, the fixing member is a friction plate or a sharp nail which can be pierced into the ground. The fixing member is disposed at a bottom portion of the rotating axle between the adjacent fence plates.
The rotating axle comprises an axle bush and an axle member, wherein the axle bush is disposed on a side of a fence plate, and the axle member is disposed on a side of an other fence plate which is assembled with the fence plate. The axle bush comprises an upper axle bush which opens upward and a lower axle bush which opens downward. The axle member comprises an upper axle member and a lower axle member which are separated from each other. A positioning means is provided between an upper end of the lower axle member and the lower axle bush. The upper axle member is a sliding axle fitted with the upper axle bush.
The positioning means comprises a positioning block disposed at the upper end of the lower axle member or inside the lower axle bush and a positioning chute disposed inside the lower axle bush or at the upper end of the lower axle member. The upper end of the lower axle member is laterally provided with an opening chute in shape of an inverted Ω. The lower axle member is disposed at a bottom end thereof with an installation orifice for installing the fixing member.
In the fence for use by infants or pets provided by the present invention, each of the fence plates is disposed with the axle bush on one side and the axle member on an other side so that the fence plates can be assembled with each other to form an open structure or a closed structure.
The present invention is simple in structure, space saving when folded, convenient for transport, and suitable for use indoors and outdoors. The present invention also provides different kinds of fixing members for indoor and outdoor uses respectively. Depending on actual circumstances, the size of the area enclosed by the fence of the present invention may vary by assembling different number of fence plates. The fence is therefore adaptable to the actual use environment and the adaptability of the fence is high. The present invention provides an ideal solution to problems associated with the rooms for activities of infants or pets, thereby easing the pressure of adults and facilitating the healthy growth of infants and pets by offering them proper and sufficient rooms for activities. The present invention possesses substantive characteristics and improvement in comparison with the prior art.
The present invention is further explained in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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Specific fitting structure of the fence plates is shown by an enlarged cross-sectional view in
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The structure of the present invention is not limited to a specific number of fence plates. The number of fence plates may vary according to the area needed to be enclosed in practice, for example, eight fence plates can be used as shown in
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