Barrier infill system
AssigneeAmeristar Perimeter Security USA Inc.
InventorsFred L. Givens, Michael D. Elmore, Bryan L. Hudson, Robert W. Nichols
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Abstract
A barrier framework is formed from vertical posts and horizontal rails. Infill sections cover major openings in the barrier framework. Elongate junction elements overlay each rail and join adjacent infill sections. Edges of the infill sections fit within channels formed in the junction elements. Each junction element has an H-shaped cross-sectional profile, with the arms on one side shorter than those on the other. A cover element encloses the shorter arms of each junction element and clamps infill material against the longer arms.
Claims26
A kit, comprising:
- a plurality of frame components configured to form an assembled barrier framework in which the frame components cooperate to bound a plurality of major openings, comprising:
- a plurality of elongate posts;
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- a plurality of elongate rails, each of said rails having a length;
- a plurality of infill sections, each infill section having a pair of spaced longitudinal edges and being configured to fully cover at least one major opening in the assembled barrier framework;
- a plurality of elongate junction elements, each junction element having a length and a pair of opposed and elongate sides, each of which sides has a length and a width, and each junction element being configured to extend along and overlie at least a portion of the length of an external lateral surface of one of the plurality of rails, said each junction element having at least one elongate channel within which at least a portion of one of the said longitudinal edges of one of the said plurality of infill sections is receivable;
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- a plurality of cover elements, each cover element having a length and being configured to overlie and enclose the entire width of at least a portion of the length of one side of one of said junction elements.
A kit, comprising:
- a plurality of frame components configured to form an assembled barrier framework in which the frame components cooperate to bound a plurality of major openings, comprising:
- a plurality of elongate posts;
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- a plurality of elongate rails;
- a plurality of infill sections, each infill section having a pair of spaced longitudinal edges and being configured to fully cover at least one major opening in the assembled barrier framework;
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- a plurality of elongate junction elements, each junction element being configured to extend along and overlie at least a portion of the length of an external lateral surface of one of the plurality of rails, each junction element having at least one elongate channel within which at least a portion of a longitudinal edge of one of the said plurality of infill sections is receivable, each said channel having a base and being bounded in part by a pair of spaced channel walls, the said channel walls having different above-base heights.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.