Connector for trawl net bar-cut edges

Claim 1

MEANS FOR JOINING THE EDGE BARS OF TWO MESH PANELS SUCH AS ARE USED IN TRAWL NETS AND THE LIKE, COMPRISING A SERIES OF CONNECTORS SPACED APART ALONG THE EDGE BAR OF EACH SUCH MESH PANEL, EACH CONNECTOR INCLUDING A MIDDLE ELEMENT AND TWO TERMINAL ELEMENTS AT ITS RESPECTIVELY OPPOSITE SIDES, ALL HAVING APERTURES WHICH ARE ALIGNED WHEN IN POSITION OF USE, A BASE OFFSET TO ONE SIDE OF AND INTERGRAL WITH SAID THREE ELEMENTS, THE THREE ELEMENTS BEING SEPARATED BY SLOTS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE LINE DEFINED BY THEIR APERTURES, FOR PASSAGE OF THE EDGE BAR OF THE MESH AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF A TRANSVERSE BAR, THE CONNECTOR ALSO HAVING A SLIT PERPENDICULAR TO AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID SLOTS, LOCATED INTERMEDIATE THE BASE AND EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS, FOR RECEPTION OF THE EDGE BAR OF THE MESH AFTER ITS PASSAGE THROUGH SAID SLOTS, THE CONNECTOR ALSO HAVING A THIRD SLOT IN ITS BASE PARALLEL TO AND INTERMEDIATE THE TWO FIRST-MENTIONED SLOTS, AND OPENING AT THE SIDE OPPOSITE THE OPENING OF THE SLIT, FOR RECEPTION OF A MESH BAR PERPENDICULAR TO THE EDGE BAR, AND A TWINE THREADED THROUGH THE APERTURES OF SUCCESSIVELY INTERSPERSED CONNECTORS ON THE EDGE BARS OF THE RESPECTIVE MESH PANELS, TO JOIN THEM, AND TO BLOCK REVERSE PASSAGE OF THE EDGE BARS THROUGH THE SLOTS WHEREBY THEY ENTERED.