Patent ID: 8579262

Claim:
A fence comprising: a plurality of bases, each base comprising: a body having a floor, a top wall, side walls and end walls defining an interior chamber; a single first projection extending from one of the end walls and having a top wall aligned with and integral with the top wall of the body and a plurality of sockets, wherein at least two of the sockets are aligned along a longitudinal axis of the base and at least two of the sockets are aligned along a lateral axis of the base; and a single second projection extending from another one of the end walls and having a bottom wall aligned with and integral with the floor of the body and a plurality of sockets, wherein at least two of the sockets are aligned along a longitudinal axis of the base and at least two of the sockets are aligned along a lateral axis of the base; wherein the sockets of the second projection and the sockets of the first projection are all configured to receive a pole and wherein the first projection of a first base of the bases can overlap the second projection of a second base of the bases when the floor of the first and second bases are resting on a common surface such that the first base can be rotated with respect to the second base; a first connector having an open end and a closed end comprising an end wall, wherein the first connector extends through one of the sockets on the first base and through one of the sockets on the second base aligned with the socket on the first base such that the end wall is flush with or recessed from the floor of both of the first and second bases; a plurality of poles, each of the poles inserted into a respective first connector; and a fencing material tensioned between the poles.