US 11,111,693 B1Granted

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for knockdown livestock fencing

AssigneeRankam (China) Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

InventorsMike Man Shun Luk, Andy Ning Fan Kam

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Abstract

A knockdown fence assembly and methods thereof are provided. The knockdown fence assembly comprises a first connector piece, a first plurality of horizontal connectors, a second plurality of horizontal connectors, and a plurality of connector fasteners. The first connector piece includes a vertical main connector body with first and second pluralities of horizontal connector support pieces extending from the vertical main body in opposite directions. The first plurality of horizontal connectors are coupled to the first plurality of horizontal connector support pieces and extend into the vertical main connector body. The second plurality of horizontal connectors also extend into the vertical main connector body and overlap with the first plurality of horizontal connectors to define overlapping end portions. Each connector fastener extends through the vertical main connector body and a pair of the overlapping end portions of the first and second pluralities of horizontal connectors.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A knockdown fence assembly comprising:

a first end piece including a vertical main body and a plurality of horizontal support pieces extending from the vertical main body in the same direction;
a first connector piece including a vertical main connector body, the first connector piece further including a first plurality of horizontal connector support pieces and a second plurality of horizontal connector support pieces extending from the vertical main connector body in opposite directions;
a first plurality of horizontal connectors coupled between the plurality of horizontal support pieces of the first end piece and the first plurality of horizontal connector support pieces of the first connector piece, the first plurality of horizontal connectors extending into the vertical main connector body of the first connector piece;
a second plurality of horizontal connectors extending into the vertical main connector body of the first connector piece and overlapping with respective horizontal connectors of the first plurality of horizontal connectors to define overlapping end portions of the first and second pluralities of horizontal connectors;
and
a plurality of connector fasteners, each connector fastener extending through the vertical main connector body and respective overlapping end portions of the first plurality of horizontal connectors and the second plurality of horizontal connectors.

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A method of assembling a knockdown fence comprising:

providing a first connector piece including a main connector body extending in a first direction and a plurality of pairs of connector support pieces extending from the main connector body in opposite directions parallel to a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, each pair of connector support pieces including a left connector support piece and a right connector support piece;
receiving a first left pipe into the left connector support piece of a first one of the pairs of connector support pieces, the first left pipe extending into the main connector body;
receiving a first right pipe into the right connector support piece of the first one of the pairs of connector support pieces, the first right pipe extending into the main connector body and overlapping with the first left pipe;
and
inserting a fastener through the main connector body in a third direction to bind the first left pipe and the first right pipe to the main connector body, the third direction being perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/567,815Filed 11 Sep 2019 · us provisional application
Priority: 14 Sep 2018
Granted: 7 Sep 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

E04H 17/1417
Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members: with vertical cross-members
E04H 17/1447
Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members: details of connections between rails and posts
E04H 17/1465
Details of connections between rails and posts: the rails being supported within blind or through holes of the posts
E04H
Buildings or like structures for particular purposes