Chain Link Fence with Internally Retained Slats

A chain link fence with retained slats, which comprises:

• a traditional chain link fence having a top and a bottom;
• two or more fence slats inserted into said chain link fence before installation of said chain link fence, each of said fence slats having a face;
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• at least one band having a first end, a face, and a back, said at least one band being inserted into said chain link fence before installation of said chain link fence wherein for each of said bands each of said fence slats has an internal passage located at substantially the same position, each of said internal passages having two external openings with at least one external opening of each internal passage being beveled and with at least one external opening of each internal passage having a concave shape seen in a plan view looking at the face of each said slat, wherein the total of all said bands has sufficient strength to retain all of said slats within said chain link fence while also being sufficiently flexible to permit said chain link fence with said slats and said at least one band to be rolled in the traditional manner, wherein when observed in a plan view looking at the face of each said at least one band, the first end of each said at least one band is tapered, and when observed in an elevational view looking at a first side of each said at least one band, the first end of each said at least one band is tapered.