Bollard fence

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a bollard fence, that is, a bollard fence that makes it possible to easily expand and manufacture a sectional fence in various types to be able to prevent approach collision around a multilayer rack structure, using one or more of a ground fixing member, a vertical pole, a horizontal frame, a swing connector, a sign, or various kinds of connecting members, couplers, and connectors.

Description

BOLLARD FENCE CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application claims priority to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2022-0136906 5 filed on October 21, 2022. BACKGROUND (a) Technical Field The present disclosure relates to a bollard fence, that is, a bollard fence that 10 makes it possible to manufacture a sectional fence using one or more of a ground fixing member, a vertical pole, a horizontal frame, a swing connector, a sign, or various kinds of connecting members, couplers, and connectors. (b) Background Art 15 In general, multilayer rack structures are installed with regular intervals in a warehouse, etc. to stack and keep articles in the unit of pallet as much as possible in a limited space, and workers move the articles stacked on the rack structures or stack articles using conveying machines such as an electrified industrial vehicle or a large cart. However, there is a problem that a safety accident that such conveying machines 20 hit against rack structures, etc. occurs while keeping or conveying articles, so it has been required to develop an apparatus that can protect rack structures. In relation to this problem, in Korean Patent Application No. 10-2013-0030084, there has been proposed a rack post impact absorption device that includes: a shock absorbing member that is an elastic member, has an accommodation seat groove in which a rack 25 post is accommodated, absorbs external shock, which is generated when the rack post collides, on the front and the sides, and distributes the external shock; and a fixing body that has an insertion hole in which the shock absorbing member is inserted, is 1 Date rec;ue / Date received 2023-04-06 made of a synthetic resin material or a metallic material so that the inserted shock absorbing member can be fixed to the rack post, and has a clip portion having predetermined elasticity. However, according to the rack post impact absorption device, it is required to additionally install a fence or a bollard around the rack post to 5 prevent external shock itself. In Korean Patent Application No. 10-2014-0119148, there has been proposed a prefabricated shock absorbing bollard that includes: a shock absorber having several air pockets to be able to absorb shock that is transmitted from the outside; and a protection cover configured to be detachably attached to the outside of the shock absorber and preventing damage to the shock 10 absorber, and to which a reflection plate can be attached so that the bollard can be recognized even at night. However, there is a defect that it is difficult to vertically or horizontally expand a fence. Accordingly, the present disclosure intends to provide a bollard fence that makes it possible to manufacture a sectional fence that can be expanded using one 15 or more of a ground fixing member, a vertical pole, a horizontal frame, a swing connector, or various kinds of connecting members, couplers, and connectors to be able to prevent approach collision around a multilayer rack structure. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 20 The present disclosure relates to a bollard fence and an object of the present disclosure is to provide a bollard fence that makes it possible to assemble and manufacture various types of expandable fences to be able to safely protect racks. In order to achieve the object, 25 the present disclosure provides a bollard fence that can be installed around a rack. The present disclosure is achieved by providing a bollard fence including: a 2 Date rec;ue / Date received 2023-04-06 ground fixing member, a vertical pole that is installed on the ground fixing member, a top cap that can be fitted in the upper end of the vertical pole, and a sign that can be held on the top cap. Further, the present disclosure is achieved by providing a bollard fence 5 including: two ground fixing members; swing connectors that can be installed on the ground fixing members, respectively; and a horizontal frame that is installed across the two swing connectors. Further, the present disclosure is achieved by providing a bollard fence including: two ground fixing members; vertical poles that can be installed on the two 10 ground fixing members; two swing connectors that can be fitted in the upper ends of the vertical poles; and a horizontal frame that is installed across the two swing connectors. Further, the present disclosure is achieved by providing a bollard fence that can be formed in multiple stages and includes: a plurality of ground fixing members; a 15 vertical pole that is installed on each of the ground fixing members; an L-connecting member that can be coupled to the top of the vertical pole; a horizontal frame that can be coupled to the L-connecting member or a horizontal connector; two-stage connector that can be coupled to the outer wall of the L-connecting member or the horizontal connector; a sub-extension frame that can be vertically coupled to the top 20 of the two-stage connector; and a T-coupler or an L-coupler provided such that a subextension frame can be horizontally coupled between the vertically coupled subextension frames. The present disclosure relates to a bollard fence and has an advantage that it 25 is possible to simply expand and manufacture a sectional fence in various types using one or more of a ground fixing member, a vertical pole, a horizontal frame, a swing connector, or various kinds of connecting members, couplers, and connectors to be 3 Date rec;ue / Date received 2023-04-06 able to prevent approach collision around a multilayer rack structure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exploded and assembled view of a sign that is installed on a bollard 5 fence. FIG. 2 is a detailed view of the sign that is installed on bollard fence. FIG. 3 is an exploded and assembled view of swing connectors that are installed on a ground fixing member of the bollard fence. FIG. 4 is an exploded and assembled view of swing connectors that re installed 10 on a vertical pole of the bollard fence. FIG. 5 is a detailed view of the swing connector of the bollard fence. FIG. 6 is an exploded and assembled view of a set A of the bollard fence. FIG. 7 is an embodiment view illustrating horizontal extension of the set A of the bollard fence. 15 FIG. 8 is an embodiment view illustrating vertical extension of the set A of the bollard fence. FIG. 9 is an embodiment view illustrating horizontal and vertical extension of the set A of the bollard fence. FIG. 10 is a detailed view of a two-stage connector that is used for the bollard 20 fence. DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereafter, the present disclosure is described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 25 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 4 Date rec;ue / Date received 2023-04-06 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. Accordingly, it should be appreciated that there may be various equivalents and 5 modifications that can replace the embodiments and the configurations at the time at which the present application is filed. The present disclosure relates to a bollard fence that can prevent approach collision around a multilayer rack structure. The bollard fencer, in a broad meaning, as shown in FIG. 1, may include: a 10 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 1 0; swing connectors 100 that can be installed on the ground fixing members, respectively, and 15 a horizontal frame 30 installed across the two swing connectors, or, as shown in FIG. 4, may include: two ground fixing members 1 0; 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, 20 or, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, may include: a plurality of ground fixing members 1 0; vertical poles 20 that are installed on the ground fixing members, respectively; Lconnecting 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- 25 connecting member or the outer wall of the horizontal connecting member 50; subextension 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 5 Date rec;ue / Date received 2023-04-06 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. In more detail, the ground fixing member 10 has: a ground supporting portion 5 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. 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. 10 The swing connector 100 is formed in a "7" 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 15 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. The sign 130 has: a fastening protrusion 131 having a locking portion 131 a at 20 the lower portion thereof; and an indication portion 132 at the upper portion thereof. A conical top cap that can be fitted in the top of the vertical pole has: an insertion portion 121 having a friction protrusion 121 a 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; 25 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 6 Date rec;ue / Date received 2023-04-06 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 131 a, thereby being able to prevent the sign from separating from the fastening hole. The bottom of the indication portion 5 is seated in the coupling seat groove 124. 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 Lconnecting member40 has: two coupling portions 51 perpendicularly formed such that 10 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. A first end of the horizontal connecting member 50 may be coupled to a first 15 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. 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 20 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 25 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 7 Date rec;ue / Date received 2023-04-06 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. 5 Three sub-extension frames can be fitted to the T-coupler 60 and two subextension frames can be fitted to the L-coupler 70. 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, 10 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 131 a is formed at the end of the fastening protrusion, whereby it is possible to prevent the sign from separating 15 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. 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 20 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 25 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. 8 Date rec;ue / Date received 2023-04-06 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 5 40, whereby it is possible to assemble and manufacture a set of fences (set A). 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 10 case, the fastening portions of the two-stage connectors having the fastening throughhole 82a are coupled in surface contact with the surface contact slopes of the Lconnecting 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 15 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). 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 20 the open grooves of two ground fixing members, respectively, the first ends of Lcoupling 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 25 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 9 Date rec;ue / Date received 2023-04-06 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 5 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 Lconnecting members. In order to horizontally extend this fence, the first end of an Lconnecting member 40 is coupled to the first end of a horizontal frame, the first end of 10 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 Lconnecting member is coupled, thereby being able to extend the set of fences. Further, a horizontally extended fence can be additionally vertically extended. 15 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 20 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 subextension 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 25 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. 10 Date rec;ue / Date received 2023-04-06 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 5 coupled to sub-extension frames that are horizontally installed between the subextension frames at both ends so that the fence can be horizontally and vertically extended, as in FIG. 9. 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 10 a horizontal frame. 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. Hereinabove, although the present disclosure is described by specific matters 15 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. 20 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. 11 Date rec;ue / Date received 2023-04-06

Claims

CA 3195452 WHAT 15 CLAIMED 15:

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 open holes; L-connecting members, each having two perpendiculars coupling portions and each having a fastening slope between the two coupling portions; a first 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 subextension frames; and a second horizontal frame horizontally coupled between second ends of the Lcouplers, the vertical poles are coupled in use to the opening grooves of two ground fixing members, respectively, a first end of each L-connecting member is coupled to an upper end of one of the vertical poles, and the second horizontal frame is installed between a second end of each L-connecting member, whereby a set of fences is capable of being assembled and manufactured; and the two-stage connectors having the vertical extension coupling groove and the fastening portion is fastenable 12 Date rec;:ue I Received date 2025-05-14 13 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 of the sub-extension frames is horizontally coupled to each of second ends of the L-coupling members, whereby the set of fences are vertically extendable.

2. The bollard fence of claim 1, comprising: a plurality of ground fixing members additionally installed; and a plurality of vertical poles installed on the plurality of ground fixing members; wherein a first end of one of the L-connecting members is coupled to an upper end of each of the additionally installed vertical poles; a first end of a third horizontal is coupled to a second end of the one of the L-connecting members; and a first end of a horizontal connector is coupled to a second end of the third horizontal frame; one of the 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 of the one of the L-connecting members; a plurality of sub-extension frames vertically coupled using the vertical extension coupling grooves of the two-stage connectors; two L-couplers of which first ends are coupled to upper ends of one of the subextension frames at both ends; a T-coupler coupled between a sub-extension frame vertically installed at the middle the sub-extension frame; and CA 3195452 Date reçue / Received date 2025-05-14 14 the sub-extension frame horizontally coupled between the T-coupler and a second end of one of the L-couplers, wherein a second end of the horizontal connector is coupled to the fastening slope of the set of fences, whereby the set of fences are horizontally and vertically extendable. CA 3195452 Date reçue / Received date 2025-05-14