Abstract: A locking safety latch for a tensioned fence of the type comprising a plurality of spaced apart poles having a lower end secured to the ground, a mesh screening material stretched between the poles and a pair of adjacent gate poles, with no mesh screening material therebetween, which may be lifted out of the ground and swung to the side to provide a “gate” opening. The locking safety latch comprises a first screw eyelet, with its screw end secured to one of the gate poles, a second screw eyelet, with its screw end secured to the second gate pole, and a hook member, with a first ring-shaped end in mating engagement with the eyelet end of the second screw eyelet, and a generally L-shaped arm extending out from the first ring-shaped end. The outer distal end of the L-shaped arm includes a second ring-shaped end structured (i) to be inserted through the eyelet end of the first eyelet member and (ii) to receive the arm of a padlock therethrough.

Abstract: A removable tensioned fence with a self-closing, self-latching gate comprises a plurality of spaced apart poles having a lower end inserted into holes drilled in the deck around the swimming pool and a mesh screening material stretched between such poles. A pair of support structures, each comprising a pair of spaced apart vertical poles, constitutes the outermost poles in the tensioned fence. A lower end of each of the poles is inserted into holes drilled into the deck. A pair of rigid horizontal cross bar extends between the poles in each support structure and mesh screening material is tensioned between the poles. A gate comprised of a pair of spaced apart vertical bars, a pair of spaced apart horizontal bars and mesh screening material tensioned therebetween is supported within a gate opening, defined by the innermost poles of the support structures, by a pair of spaced apart self-closing hinges mounted between one of the innermost poles of a support structure and the adjacent vertical bar of the gate.