US 2008/0073634 A1 · Fence end spacer apparatus

Abstract

A spacer apparatus of the invention is attached to a fence post to occupy a space between the fence post and a nearby structure. The subject fence end spacer apparatus includes space occupying means, and fence attachment means are connected to the space occupying means, for attaching the space occupying means to the fence post. The space occupying means fills the space between the fence post and a nearby structure. The space occupying means can include horizontal members connected to the fence attachment means and can include vertical members connected to the horizontal members. Together, the horizontal members and the vertical members provide a space-occupying fence portion. The fence attachment means can include first and second fence attachment members for contacting first and second portions of the fence post.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A spacer apparatus attached to a fence post to occupy a space between the fence post and a nearby structure, comprising:

space occupying means, and
fence attachment means, connected to said space occupying means, for attaching said space occupying means to the fence post.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

11/900,587Filed 12 Sep 2007

Priority

25 Sep 2006

Published

27 Mar 2008

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

E04H 17/14
Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals: fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
E04H 17/143
Picket fences: with separate pickets attached to the side of the horizontal members
E04H 17/1447
Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members: details of connections between rails and posts
Y10T 29/49629
Static structure, e.g., a building component: panel

Fence end spacer apparatus

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Fence end spacer apparatus

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Abstract

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