Plastic privacy fence
AssigneeGSW Inc.
InventorsFredrick M. Pettit, Laurie D. Higgins
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Abstract
A plastic fence section comprises a series of connected hollow chambers with at least upper and lower horizontal chambers extending the length of the fence section for receiving reinforcing members. The fence section is made of plastic material. The hollow chambers are separated by pinch off regions. The fence section provides a visual block and has a similar appearance on either side of the fence section. The fence section has a post edge and a panel joining edge. The panel joining edge is adapted to engage and overlap with a second fence panel section.
Claims14
A plastic privacy fence section comprising an upper hollow horizontal member and a lower horizontal member with both horizontal members extending the length of the fence section and forming hollow cavities for receipt of a reinforcing member, said privacy fence section comprising an upper top finish portion, a middle portion between said horizontal members and a bottom portion extending below said horizontal member, each of said portions comprising a series of hollow chambers separated by pinch off regions of additional thickness relative to the thickness of the walls of said hollow chambers, said sections of said privacy fence cooperating with said horizontal members to provide visual block across the width and height of the privacy fence section.
A plastic fence section for securement between two end posts comprising two identical panels, each panel including a post engaging edge and a panel joining edge, said panels being reversible such that the post engaging end can be positioned to form the right edge or the left edge of the fence section, each panel including at least two parallel horizontal chambers extending across said panels and joining with the respective horizontal chambers of the other panel, and two reinforcing members extending through said horizontal chambers and extending the length of said fence section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.