Snap-together fencing components
OwnerRonald D. ERWINinventor
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Abstract
A self-locking panel assembly for mounting between a pair of fence posts or deck posts has a first elongate rail having an elongate lower opening, a second elongate rail having an elongate upper opening, and an elongate fence panel having an upper edge and a lower edge. The upper edge of the panel is inserted into the lower opening of the first elongate rail, and the lower edge of the panel is inserted into the upper opening of the second rail. Catches are formed in the first and second rails and/or in the edges of the fence panel such that when the upper and lower edges of the fence panel are inserted into the openings in the rails, the catches hold the fence panel securely in place in the rails.
Claims26
A snap-together plastic panel assembly for mounting between two fence posts or deck posts, the snap-together panel assembly comprising:
- a lower rail with a channel formed therein;
- an upper rail with a channel formed therein;
- a middle rail with upper and lower channels formed therein;
- a lower panel extending between the lower rail and the middle rail;
- an upper panel extending between the middle rail and the upper rail;
- and
- wherein the rails and the panels are held together by snap-together connections therebetween.
A self-locking panel assembly for mounting between a pair of fence posts or deck posts, the panel assembly comprising:
- a first elongate rail having an elongate lower opening;
- a second elongate rail having an elongate upper opening;
- an elongate fence panel having an upper edge and a lower edge, the upper edge adapted to be inserted into the lower opening of the first elongate rail, and the lower edge adapted to be inserted into the upper opening of the second rail, and
- wherein catches are formed in at least one of the first and second rails and/or in the edges of the fence panel such that when the upper and lower edges of the fence panel are inserted into the openings in the rails the catches hold the fence panel securely in place in the rails.
A plastic panel for use in a fence between fence posts or in a deck railing between deck posts, the plastic panel comprising:
- a corrugated plastic panel having barbs or catches formed therein along upper and lower edges of the corrugated plastic panel;
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- wherein the corrugated plastic panel is sized and configured to allow multiple ones of the panel to be stacked in a closely nested arrangement for shipping and/or storage without crushing the barbs or catches formed therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.