Patent ID: 7540471

Claim:
A hoarding for preventing access to an area, the hoarding comprising: a wall means and one or more wall supports, in which each wall support comprises an elongate open-topped trough and a post, in which the trough is substantially rectangular in shape and has a first end wall and a second end wall which closes the ends of the trough, and in which in use the post is disposed substantially vertically at the first end of the trough, is removably connected to the trough, and is rigidly secured thereto, and in which in use the post carries the wall means which can be secured in part to the first end wall, in which the trough is disposed behind the wall means in use and is arranged perpendicular to the wall means, and in which the trough carries ballast in use, and in which sides of the trough taper downward, such that when posts are removed from a number of troughs, said troughs can be stacked on top of one another with a portion of one trough being disposed inside another trough.