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US 2015/0184419 A1Published application
Elastic non-metal clip and assembled fence including the same
OwnerAlan Qing-Lin Zhuinventor
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Abstract
An assembled fence includes a transverse bar, a vertical bar and a clip, wherein the clip is an elastic non-metal clip. Due to the installation of the elastic non-metal clip, all fence parts, including the clip, can be assembled in the assembly site; the clip which does not need to be assembled in the vertical bar in advance will not be damaged and is free from a problem of scratching other parts such as the vertical bar in a transportation process; and the non-metal clip is low in cost.
Claims20
An elastic non-metal clip, comprising:
- a main body having an inner wall and an outer wall, wherein
- a vertical bar inserting hole is formed in a middle of the main body;
- an outward extending flange is formed at an upper end of the outer wall;
- a section with an inwardly inclined face is formed on the outer wall below the flange;
- a section with a straight wall is formed at a lower part of the inclined face, an outer diameter of the section with the straight wall is less than an outer diameter of the flange at the upper end;
- a clamping groove is formed between an upper end face of the inclined face and a lower end face of the flange;
- and
- an inwardly protruding bump is formed on the inner wall corresponding to the inclined face on the outer wall, the bump extending from top to bottom in a form of a convex arc.
5 more elements
An assembled fence, comprising:
- a transverse bar;
- a vertical bar;
- and
- an elastic non-metal clip comprising a main body having an inner wall and an outer wall, wherein
- a vertical bar inserting hole is formed in a middle of the main body and is configured to be engaged and locked with the vertical bar;
- the outer wall of the main body is inserted into an inserting hole of the transverse bar;
- an outward extending flange is formed at an upper end of the outer wall of the main body;
- a section with an inwardly inclined face which is inclined towards an inner side is formed on the outer wall below the flange;
- a section with a straight wall is formed on a lower part of section with the inwardly inclined face, an outer diameter of the section with the straight wall is less than an outer diameter of the flange at the upper end;
- a clamping groove matched with a thickness of a single side wall of the transverse bar is formed between an upper end face of the inclined face and a lower end face of the flange;
- and
- an inwardly protruding bump is formed on an inner wall of the main body corresponding to the inclined face on the outer wall, the bump extends from top to bottom in a form of a convex arc;
- the bump extends into a clamping hole on the vertical bar, a lower end face of the bump is propped against an orifice of the clamping hole on the vertical bar.
10 more elements
A method of assembling a fence, the method comprising:
- inserting a clip downwards into an inserting hole of a first fence bar until a clamping groove of the clip is locked with a hole wall of the inserting hole of the first fence bar;
- and
- inserting a second fence bar into a vertical bar inserting hole of the clip until an inwardly protruding bump of the clip is locked with a clamping hole of the second fence bar,
- wherein the clip comprises a main body having an inner wall and an outer wall,
- the vertical bar inserting hole is formed in a middle of the main body;
- an outward extending flange is formed at an upper end of the outer wall;
- a section with an inwardly inclined face is formed on the outer wall below the flange;
- a section with a straight wall is formed at a lower part of the inclined face, an outer diameter of the section with the straight wall is less than an outer diameter of the flange at the upper end;
- the clamping groove is formed between an upper end face of the inclined face and a lower end face of the flange;
- and
- the inwardly protruding bump is formed on the inner wall corresponding to the inclined face on the outer wall, the bump extending from top to bottom in a form of a convex arc.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.