Fence brace system adapted for use with corner post arrangements
OwnerFonda Crandall, Joseph Crandallinventors
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a brace adapted to secure one or more fence rails to a fence post. The present invention brace may optionally be installed onto an existing fence or on a new fence. The invention includes a fence post brace member adapted to connect to one or more sides of a fence post and a fence rail brace member adapted to connect to two or more sides of a fence rail. The fence post brace member may form a vertical picket fastener slot for use in affixing a picket to the fence post. The fence post brace system may be adapted for use with corner fence post arrangements such as those having a fence rail positioned above and supported by the fence post and those defining a channel for receiving a fence rail.
Claims5
A fence assembly comprising:
- a fence post having a rectangular cross-section;
- a fence rail having a rectangular cross-section and positioned above and supported by the fence post;
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- a fence brace formed from a single piece of material comprising:
- a fence rail brace member comprising a planar central wall and a right-angled sidewall bent rearward from and extending along a horizontal longitudinally extending upper edge of the central wall, the central wall and right-angled sidewall of the fence rail brace member defining a fence rail channel for receiving the fence rail therein, and a plurality of fastener holes disposed within the central wall and right-angled sidewall of the fence rail brace member for receiving fasteners to secure the fence rail therewith;
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- a fence post brace member comprising a central wall and a pair of right-angled sidewalls each bent rearward from and extending along opposing vertical longitudinally-extending edges of the central wall, the fence post brace member central wall being coplanar with the fence rail brace member central wall and extending from a mid-point of a horizontal longitudinally-extending lower edge thereof opposite the upper edge, the right-angled sidewalls of the fence post brace member defining a fence post channel for receiving the fence post therein, edges of the right-angled sidewalls of the fence post brace member extending rearward from the lower edge opposite the fence rail brace member right-angled sidewall to define the fence rail channel therebetween, and a plurality of fastener holes disposed within the central wall and right-angled sidewalls of the fence post brace member for receiving fasteners to secure the fence post therewith;
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- a vertical picket fastener slot which longitudinally-extends through the fence post brace member central wall adjacent the lower edge of the fence rail brace member for receiving a fastener therethrough to affix a picket to the fence post with the fence post brace member therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.