Patent ID: 6945518

Claim:
A modular barrier for preventing the spread of law clippings, said barrier comprising: a plurality of barrier sections being removably coupled together, each of said barrier sections having a frame having a top member, a bottom member, a first side member and a second side member attached together such that said frame has a generally rectangular shape, each of said top and bottom members comprising at least two sections, said sections being slidably coupled to each other such that a distance between said first and second side members may be selectively altered; and a plurality of panels being mounted in said frame and extending between said top and bottom members, said panels including a pair of end panels and a plurality of inner panels positioned between said end panels, each of said end panels being positioned adjacent to one of said first and second side members, each of said interior panels being slidably coupled to adjacent ones of said plurality of panels; a plurality of hinge members, each of said hinge members being attached to one of said plurality of barrier sections, each of said hinge members comprising a first mating section and a second mating section, said first and second mating sections being attached to opposite ends of said barrier sections such that said first mating sections may be aligned with said second mating sections of adjacently positioned barrier sections; and a plurality of rods, each of said of rods being selectively extendable through a mated pair of said first and second mating sections such that said first and second mating sections are pivotally coupled together.