US 12,134,910 B1Granted

Device and fencing system for canine containment

AssigneeBite Me Enterprises, Inc.

InventorMichael S Gould

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Abstract

A device for canine containment includes a pair of opposing brackets, each including a mounting portion and support plate, and two pins extending perpendicularly therefrom aligned in a vertical plane. The device includes two hollow cylindrical rods configured to hang from and roll freely around each set of upper pins and lower pins extending from opposing brackets. The pair of opposing brackets with the two hollow cylindrical rods mounted therebetween form a unit configured to place atop a fence panel intact and fixed thereto. A method of installing the device includes adjusting a length of the rods based on a distance between adjacent fence posts; mounting ends of upper/lower cylindrical rod, over upper/lower pins; pushing opposing brackets toward each other, and mounting the device intact onto the fence panel via the mounting portions; and sliding each of the opposing brackets outward until each rests flush against the adjacent post.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A device configured for installation on a fence panel of a fence comprising a plurality of posts with fence panels therebetween for canine containment, the device comprising:

a pair of brackets, each bracket including a mounting portion configured for mounting on an upper end of a fence panel and a support plate extending upward from the mounting portion;
two pins extending perpendicularly from a first side of the support plate of each bracket, the two pins including an upper pin and a lower pin aligned in a vertical plane;
two parallel plates extending vertically outward from a second side of the support plate opposite the first side and forming a slot therebetween;
a blocking panel removably positioned between the second sides of adjacent brackets and engaged within the slots thereof substantially above one of the posts of the fence;
and
two hollow cylindrical rods positioned between the pair of brackets with the first side of the support plate of each bracket in the pair facing each other, wherein each end of an upper one of the two hollow cylindrical rods is rotatably mounted onto the upper pin of each bracket, and each end of a lower one of the two hollow cylindrical rods is rotatably mounted onto the lower pin of each bracket,
wherein the pair of brackets with the two hollow cylindrical rods mounted therebetween form a unit configured to place atop a fence panel intact and fixed thereto.

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A system for canine containment configured for installation on a fence having a plurality of fence panels and fence posts separating adjacent fence panels, the system comprising:

two devices including a first device and a second device, each of the first device and the second device configured to place atop a first one and a second one of two adjacent fence panels, respectively, intact and fixed thereto;
wherein each of the first device and the second device includes:
a left bracket and a right bracket, each including a mounting portion configured for mounting on an upper end of each of the first one and the second one of the two adjacent fence panels and a support plate extending upward from the mounting portion, the support plate including a first side and a second side opposite the first side;
two pins extending perpendicularly inward from the first side of the support plate of each of the left bracket and the right bracket, the two pins including an upper pin and a lower pin aligned in a vertical plane
two parallel plate extending vertically outward from the second side of the support plate and forming a slot therebetween;
a blocking panel removably positioned between the second sides of adjacent brackets and engaged within the slots therefore substantially above one of the posts of the fence;
and
two hollow cylindrical rods positioned in vertical alignment between the left bracket and the right bracket with the first side of the support plate of the left bracket facing the first side of the support plate of the right bracket, and wherein a left end and a right end of an upper one of the two hollow cylindrical rods is each rotatably mounted onto the upper pin of the left bracket and the right bracket, respectively, and a left end and a right end of a lower one of the two hollow cylindrical rods is each rotatably mounted onto the lower pin of the left bracket and the right bracket, respectively.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.