Patent ID: 6490825
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
A flexible trellis, comprising:a first primary section and a second primary section, each of the first and second primary sections including a first upright, a second upright, and a plurality of vertically spaced rigid cross members joined to the first upright and the second upright and maintaining the first and second uprights in spaced apart relationship, each of the cross members having an extended end; a plurality of vertically spaced hinge members, each of the hinge members having a first end and a second end, the first end of each of the hinge members forming a first tab, the first tab of the hinge members pivotally connected to the extended ends of the first primary section using vertically oriented fasteners disposed along a first vertical axis, the second end of each of the hinge members forming a second tab, the second tab of the hinge members pivotally connected to the extended ends of the second primary section using vertically oriented fasteners disposed along a second vertical axis, the hinge members arranged to permit pivotal movement of the first primary section relative to the second primary section about the first and second vertical axes.