Fruit tree screen

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fruit tree screen having a new structure that can prevent damage to protective sheets without using eyelets to connect the protective sheets to each other. In a fruit tree screen according to the present 5 invention, when protective sheets (20) are connected to each other using a connecting member (40), since the protective sheets (20) are connected to each other by an elastic ring body (41), when the protective sheets (20) move due to wind or the like, the elastic ring body (41) absorbs impact while being elastically expanded and contracted, and thus there is an advantage in that damage to the protective sheets (20) 10 can be effectively prevented without coupling other members, such as eyelets, to through-holes (22). In addition, since eyelets and the like are not coupled to the protective sheets (20), there are advantages in that manufacturing costs can be lowered, the volume of packages when exporting a fabric of the protective sheets (20) can be reduced, and it is possible to promptly respond to a client demand due to 15 simplification of the manufacturing process. In particular, since both ends of the elastic ring body (41) are fixed to each other by the clip (42), there is an advantage in that the both ends of the elastic ring body (41) can easily be fixed. 20 24 27 85 49 18 D ec 2 02 4 A B S T R A C T 2 0 2 4 2 7 8 5 4 9 1 8 D e c 2 0 2 4 A B S T R A C T 2 0 2 4 2 7 8 5 4 9 1 8 D e c 2 0 2 4 2 / 8 [Fig. 2] [Fig. 2] 11 30 30 20 12 40 20 10 11 40 20 42 22 41 22 20 40 2 / 8 20 24 27 85 49 18 D ec 2 02 4 D e c 2 0 2 4 1 1 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 2 7 8 5 4 9 1 8 1 2 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 4 2 2 2 4 1 2 2 2 0 4 0 2 0 2 4 2 7 8 5 4 9 1 8 D e c 2 0 2 4 1 1 3 0 2 0 1 2 2 2

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent 5 Application No. 2024-0133806, filed on Oct 2, 2024, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. BACKGROUND 1. Field of the Invention 10            The present invention relates to a fruit tree screen having a new structure that can prevent damage to protective sheets without using eyelets to connect the protective sheets to each other. 2. Discussion of Related Art 15            Generally, as illustrated in FIG. 1, a fruit tree screen that can protect a fruit tree from frost, hail, or excessive sunlight by covering the upper part of the fruit tree includes supports (10) provided at the front and rear of the fruit tree and a protective sheet (20) provided to extend in a front-rear direction above the fruit tree and having front and rear ends fixed to the supports (10). 20           The supports (10) include vertical bars (11) extending in an up-down direction and having a lower end fixed to a bottom surface to be spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction and horizontal members (12) extending in the lateral direction and having both ends fixed to the vertical bars (11). Metal rods or high-strength wires are used as the horizontal members (12). 2024278549   18 Dec 2024 The protective sheet (20) is made of a wide synthetic resin material and is disposed to cover the upper part of the fruit tree. Fixing members (30) fixed to the supports (10) are provided at front and rear ends of the protective sheet (20). Accordingly, when the fixing members (30) are coupled to the horizontal 5 members (12) of the supports (10), the protective sheet (20) is disposed to cover the upper part of the fruit tree and protects the fruit tree from frost, hail, or excessive sunlight. Meanwhile, since there is a limitation to the length or width of the protective sheet (20) of the fruit tree screen, a plurality of protective sheets (20) are connected 10 to each other in the front-rear direction or lateral direction and used. However, when connecting the protective sheets (20) as mentioned above, a method in which through-holes (22) are formed in the protective sheets (20) and the protective sheets (20) are connected to each other using clips (21) passing through the through-holes (22) has mainly been used until now. 15           Here, ring-shaped metal members referred to as “eyelets” are coupled to the through-holes (22). However, in the case in which the protective sheets (20) are connected using the clips (21) as mentioned above, since the clips (21) are not able to absorb vibration, when the protective sheets (20) vibrate due to wind or the like, a problem 20 occurs in that the protective sheets (20) are torn due to the clips (21) despite the presence of the eyelets. In addition, in the case in which the eyelets are coupled to the through-holes (22) as mentioned above, not only does the cost increase, but also a problem occurs in that storage and transportation of the protective sheets (20) become inconvenient 2024278549   18 Dec 2024 due to an increase in the volume of the protective sheets (20) when the protective sheets (20) are folded. Accordingly, there is a need for a new method that can address the above problems. 5          [Related Art Document] [Patent Document] (Patent Document 1) Korean Patent Registration No. 10-2327998 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 10           The present invention is directed to providing a fruit tree screen having a new structure that can prevent damage to protective sheets without using eyelets to connect the protective sheets to each other. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a fruit tree screen including supports (10) provided at a front and a rear of a fruit tree and 15 protective sheets (20) that are provided to extend in a front-rear direction above the fruit tree, have front and rear ends fixed to the supports (10), are disposed to be spaced apart from each other in the front-rear direction or a lateral direction, and are connected to each other, wherein through-holes (22) configured to pass through upper and lower surfaces of the protective sheets (20) are formed in peripheral 20 portions of the protective sheets (20), the fruit tree screen further includes a connecting member (40) configured to pass through the through-holes (22) and connect the protective sheets (20), which are placed in the front-rear direction or the lateral direction, to each other, and the connecting member (40) includes an elastic ring body (41) that is made of an elastic synthetic resin material and has both ends 2024278549   18 Dec 2024 coupled to pass through the through-holes (22) and a clip (42) coupled to the both ends of the elastic ring body (41) to fix the both ends of the elastic ring body (41). According to another feature of the present invention, the supports (10) may include vertical bars (11) extending in an up-down direction and having a lower end 5 fixed to a bottom surface to be spaced apart from each other in the lateral direction and horizontal members (12) extending in the lateral direction and having both ends fixed to the vertical bars (11), the fruit tree screen may further include fixing members (30) provided at the peripheral portions of the protective sheets (20) and coupled to the horizontal members (12), the fixing members (30) may each include a 10 fixing clip (31) coupled to the horizontal member (12), a connecting rope (32) having one end fixed to the protective sheet (20), and a hanging hook (33) provided at the other end of the connecting rope (32) and coupled to the fixing clip (31), and the hanging hook (33) may be configured by bending a high-strength metal wire and may have a coupling part (33a), which is coupled to the connecting rope (32), formed 15 at a rear end portion, a hook part (33b), which is coupled to the fixing clip (31), formed at a front end portion, and an impact mitigating part (33c), which is configured by being rolled to have a center line intersecting a direction in which the hanging hook (33) extends, formed at a middle portion. According to still another feature of the present invention, a protective 20 tubular body (43) formed in a U-shape and having a bent part (43a) formed at a central portion may be coupled to both ends of the elastic ring body (41), a cut part (43b) extending in a longitudinal direction may be formed at an outer circumferential portion of the protective tubular body (43), and the clip (42) may be coupled to the bent part (43a) of the protective tubular body (43). 2024278549   18 Dec 2024 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art by describing exemplary embodiments thereof in detail with reference to the 5 accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a conventional fruit tree screen; FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a fruit tree screen according to the present invention; FIG. 3 is a side view illustrating a connecting member of the fruit tree screen 10 according to the present invention; FIG. 4 is a top view illustrating the connecting member of the fruit tree screen according to the present invention; FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a fixing member of the fruit tree screen according to the present invention; 15            FIG. 6 is a side view illustrating a fruit tree screen according to a second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 7 is a top view illustrating the fruit tree screen according to the second embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 8 is a side cross-sectional view illustrating a protective tubular body of 20 the fruit tree screen according to the second embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on the accompanying exemplary drawings. 2024278549   18 Dec 2024 FIGS. 2 to 5 illustrate a fruit tree screen according to the present invention that, like a conventional fruit tree screen, includes supports 10 provided at a front and a rear of a fruit tree and protective sheets 20 provided to extend in a front-rear direction above the fruit tree and having front and rear ends fixed to the supports 10. 5           Here, the supports 10 include vertical bars 11 extending in an up-down direction and having a lower end fixed to a bottom surface to be spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction and horizontal members 12 extending in the lateral direction and having both ends fixed to the vertical bars 11. In addition, according to the present invention, the protective sheets 20 are 10 disposed to be spaced apart from each other in the front-rear direction or the lateral direction and are connected to each other by a connecting member 40. To this end, through-holes 22 configured to pass through upper and lower surfaces of the protective sheets 20 are formed in peripheral portions of the protective sheets 20. 15           In addition, as illustrated in FIGS. 2 to 4, the connecting member 40 includes an elastic ring body 41 that is made of an elastic synthetic resin material and has both ends coupled to pass through the through-holes 22 and a clip 42 coupled to the both ends of the elastic ring body 41 to fix the both ends of the elastic ring body 41. The elastic ring body 41 is configured in the shape of a slot extending in the 20 lateral direction, and both ends of the elastic ring body 41 are disposed to pass through the through-holes 22 from a lower side to an upper side thereof. The clip 42 is configured in a ring shape using a high-strength metal or synthetic resin material, and by both ends of the clip 42 being hung on both ends of the elastic ring body 41, the protective sheets 20 may be connected to each other by 25 the elastic ring body 41. 2024278549   18 Dec 2024 In addition, fixing members 30 coupled to the horizontal members 12 are provided at the peripheral portions of the protective sheets 20. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the fixing members 30 each include a fixing clip 31 coupled to the horizontal member 12, a connecting rope 32 having one end fixed to the protective sheet 20, and a hanging hook 33 provided at the other end of the connecting rope 32 and coupled to the fixing clip 31. The fixing clip 31 is made of a metal or synthetic resin material. The connecting rope 32 has the one end coupled to a coupling hole 23 formed in the peripheral portion of the protective sheet 20 and a front end portion extending in the front-rear direction of the protective sheet 20. The hanging hook 33 is configured by bending a high-strength metal wire and has a coupling part 33a, which is coupled to the connecting rope 32, formed at a rear end portion, a hook part 33b, which is coupled to the fixing clip 31, formed at a front end portion, and an impact mitigating part 33c, which is configured by being rolled so that a middle portion of the hanging hook 33 is formed in a circular shape, formed at the middle portion. The impact mitigating part 33c is configured by rolling the middle portion of the hanging hook 33 in a circular shape so that the impact mitigating part 33c has a center line intersecting a direction in which the hanging hook 33 extends. Accordingly, by coupling the fixing clip 31 to the horizontal member 12 and hanging the hook part 33b of the hanging hook 33 on the fixing clip 31, the protective sheet 20 can tautly be fixed to the support 10. In the fruit tree screen configured as mentioned above, the through-holes 22 configured to pass through the upper and lower surfaces of the protective sheets 20 are formed in the peripheral portions of the protective sheets 20, the connecting 7 2024278549   18 Dec 2024 member 40 configured to pass through the through-holes 22 and connect the protective sheets 20, which are placed in the front-rear direction or the lateral direction, to each other is provided, and the connecting member 40 includes the elastic ring body 41 that is made of an elastic synthetic resin material and has both ends coupled to pass through the through-holes 22 and the clip 42 coupled to the both ends of the elastic ring body 41 to fix the both ends of the elastic ring body 41. Accordingly, when the protective sheets 20 are connected to each other using the connecting member 40, since the protective sheets 20 are connected to each other by the elastic ring body 41, when the protective sheets 20 move due to wind or the like, the elastic ring body 41 absorbs impact while being elastically expanded and contracted, and thus there is an advantage in that damage to the protective sheets 20 can be effectively prevented without coupling other members, such as eyelets, to the through-holes 22. In addition, since eyelets and the like are not coupled to the protective sheets 20, there are advantages in that manufacturing costs can be lowered, the volume of packages when exporting a fabric of the protective sheets 20 can be reduced, and it is possible to promptly respond to a client demand due to simplification of a manufacturing process. In particular, since both ends of the elastic ring body 41 are fixed to each other by the clip 42, there is an advantage in that the both ends of the elastic ring body 41 can easily be fixed. In addition, the fixing members 30 coupled to the horizontal members 12 are provided at the peripheral portions of the protective sheets 20, the fixing members 30 each include the fixing clip 31 coupled to the horizontal member 12, the connecting rope 32 having one end fixed to the protective sheet 20, and the hanging hook 33 8 2024278549   18 Dec 2024 provided at the other end of the connecting rope 32 and coupled to the fixing clip 31, the hanging hook 33 is configured by bending a high-strength metal wire and has the coupling part 33a, which is coupled to the connecting rope 32, formed at the rear end portion, the hook part 33b, which is coupled to the fixing clip 31, formed at the front 5 end portion, and the impact mitigating part 33c, which is configured by being rolled to have the center line intersecting the direction in which the hanging hook 33 extends, formed at the middle portion. Accordingly, when the protective sheets 20 vibrate due to wind or the like in a state in which the hanging hook 33 is hung on the fixing clip 31 and fixed, there is 10 an advantage in that the impact mitigating part 33c can absorb impact, and damage to the protective sheets can be prevented more effectively. FIGS. 6 to 8 illustrate a second embodiment of the present invention in which a protective tubular body 43 formed in a U-shape and having a bent part 43a formed at a central portion is coupled to both ends of the elastic ring body 41, and 15 the clip 42 is coupled to the bent part 43a of the protective tubular body 43. The protective tubular body 43 is made of a synthetic resin material having high wear resistance, and a cut part 43b extending in a longitudinal direction is formed at an outer circumferential portion of the protective tubular body 43. Accordingly, in a state in which the outer circumferential portion of the 20 protective tubular body 43 is spread toward upper and lower sides with respect to the cut part 43b as shown by a dotted line in FIG. 8, the elastic ring body 41 may be inserted into the protective tubular body 43 so that the protective tubular body 43 is coupled to an outer portion of the elastic ring body 41. 2024278549   18 Dec 2024 According to the fruit tree screen configured as mentioned above, the protective tubular body 43 is coupled to both ends of the elastic ring body 41, and the clip 42 is coupled to the bent part 43a of the protective tubular body 43. Accordingly, there is an advantage in that when the protective sheet 20 moves and the elastic ring body 41 moves as a result, the elastic ring body 41 is prevented from being rapidly broken due to rubbing against the clip 42. In a fruit tree screen according to the present invention, through-holes 22 configured to pass through upper and lower surfaces of protective sheets 20 are formed in peripheral portions of the protective sheets 20, a connecting member 40 configured to pass through the through-holes 22 and connect the protective sheets 20, which are placed in the front-rear direction or the lateral direction, to each other is provided, and the connecting member 40 includes an elastic ring body 41 that is made of an elastic synthetic resin material and has both ends coupled to pass through the through-holes 22 and a clip 42 coupled to the both ends of the elastic ring body 41 to fix the both ends of the elastic ring body 41. Accordingly, when the protective sheets 20 are connected to each other using the connecting member 40, since the protective sheets 20 are connected to each other by the elastic ring body 41, when the protective sheets 20 move due to wind or the like, the elastic ring body 41 absorbs impact while being elastically expanded and contracted, and thus there is an advantage in that damage to the protective sheets 20 can be effectively prevented without coupling other members, such as eyelets, to the through-holes 22. In addition, since eyelets and the like are not coupled to the protective sheets 20, there are advantages in that manufacturing costs can be lowered, the volume of packages when exporting a fabric of the protective sheets 20 can be reduced, and it is 10 2024278549   18 Dec 2024 possible to promptly respond to a client demand due to simplification of a manufacturing process. In particular, since both ends of the elastic ring body 41 are fixed to each other by the clip 42, there is an advantage in that the both ends of the elastic ring 5 body 41 can easily be fixed.

Claims

1. A fruit tree screen comprising:supports (10) provided at a front and a rear of a fruit tree; and5            protective sheets (20) that are provided to extend in a front-rear directionabove the fruit tree, have front and rear ends fixed to the supports (10), are disposed to be spaced apart from each other in the front-rear direction or a lateral direction, and are connected to each other,wherein through-holes (22) configured to pass through upper and lower10 surfaces of the protective sheets (20) are formed in peripheral portions of the protective sheets (20),the fruit tree screen further comprises a connecting member (40) configured to pass through the through-holes (22) and connect the protective sheets (20), which are placed in the front-rear direction or the lateral direction, to each other, and15           the connecting member (40) includes an elastic ring body (41) that is madeof an elastic synthetic resin material and has both ends coupled to pass through the through-holes (22) and a clip (42) coupled to the both ends of the elastic ring body (41) to fix the both ends of the elastic ring body (41).20            2. The fruit tree screen of claim 1, wherein:the supports (10) include vertical bars (11) extending in an up-down direction and having a lower end fixed to a bottom surface to be spaced apart from each other in the lateral direction and horizontal members (12) extending in the lateral direction and having both ends fixed to the vertical bars (11);2024278549   18 Dec 2024the fruit tree screen further comprises fixing members (30) provided at the peripheral portions of the protective sheets (20) and coupled to the horizontal members (12);the fixing members (30) each include a fixing clip (31) coupled to the5 horizontal member (12), a connecting rope (32) having one end fixed to the protective sheet (20), and a hanging hook (33) provided at the other end of the connecting rope (32) and coupled to the fixing clip (31); andthe hanging hook (33) is configured by bending a high-strength metal wire and has a coupling part (33a), which is coupled to the connecting rope (32), formed 10 at a rear end portion, a hook part (33b), which is coupled to the fixing clip (31), formed at a front end portion, and an impact mitigating part (33c), which is configured by being rolled to have a center line intersecting a direction in which the hanging hook (33) extends, formed at a middle portion.15            3. The fruit tree screen of claim 1, wherein:a protective tubular body (43) formed in a U-shape and having a bent part (43a) formed at a central portion is coupled to both ends of the elastic ring body (41);a cut part (43b) extending in a longitudinal direction is formed at an outer circumferential portion of the protective tubular body (43); and20            the clip (42) is coupled to the bent part (43a) of the protective tubular body(43).

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