Connectors
OwnerPeter Clifford Green, Margaret Dulce Greeninventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a connector for connecting a section of a first item to a section of a second item, the connector characterised in that the connector is capable of concertinaing in on itself on at least one side.
Claims16
A connector for connecting a section of a fit item to a section of a second item,
- characterised in that the connector includes at least two concertina projections forming a first lockable fixing means and at least two flat portions forming a second lockable fixing means.
A connector as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the connection is by way of a semi-permanent connection.
A connector as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the first item is a fence upright.
A connector as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the second item is a fence rail.
A connector as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, which is in one piece that is concetinaed on itself from either side of the loop so that inward portions of the connector project towards each other.
A connector as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the first item is rectangular in cross section.
A connector as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the second item is rectangular in cross section.
A structure including at least one connector as claimed in any one of the previous claims.
A structure as claimed in claim 12 wherein the structure is a fence assembly, the first section is a fence upright and the second section is a fence rail.
A method of building a structure using a connector as claimed previously, the method characterised in the steps of
- a) inserting the connector into the aperture of a first item, and
- b) moving the connector so that at least part of the looped member is positioned over an aperture in the first item, and
- c) inset a second item having apertures therein through the aperture in the fence rail, the second item being inserted to a position so that part of the connector protrudes into an aperture in the second item.
A connector substantially herein described with reference to and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
A structure substantially as herein described with reference to and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
A method of building a fence assembly substantially as herein described with reference to and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.