Gate Upright
OwnerGary W. Ashinventor
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Abstract
A single extrusion gate upright has a hole for a rail and one or more inner walls which can be coated with glue prior to the insertion of the rail. In a preferred embodiment, there are two inner walls, one of which is only a partial inner wall, which allows the user to coat the outside surface of the inner walls with glue, then insert the rail at an angle, to avoid screeding the glue toward the back of the gate upright, then rotate the rail onto the full inner wall, and slide the rail a short distance to lock it behind the partial inner wall. In another preferred embodiment, there is only one full inner wall, and the rail is inserted at an angle, then rotated against the inner wall. Glue beads at intersections between the rail and gate upright form an interlocking bracket for further support.
Claims20
A method of constructing a fence gate, consisting of the steps of, first, obtaining a single extrusion upright and a rail, wherein the upright has an opening into which the rail is inserted, wherein the upright has one inner wall, wherein the inner wall extends from a first upright side, and extends from an upright top to an upright bottom, wherein the one inner wall creates an inner box space, second, applying a quantity of glue is applied to an outer surface of the one inner wall, and wherein the rail is inserted into the opening at an angle, and then, once the rail is fully inserted, rotated such a rail side adheres itself to the outer surface of the one inner wall, wherein the one inner wall is molecularly bonded to an external portion of the upright.
A method of constructing a fence gate, comprising the steps of:
- first, obtaining an upright and a rail, wherein the upright is a single extrusion upright and has an opening into which the rail is inserted, wherein the upright has an inner wall, wherein the inner wall extends from a first upright side, and extends from an upright top to an upright bottom, wherein the inner wall creates an inner box space, second, applying a quantity of glue to an outer surface of the inner wall, third, inserting the rail into the opening at an angle, and then, once the rail is fully inserted, fourth, rotating the rail such a rail side adheres itself to the outer surface of the inner wall, wherein the inner wall is molecularly bonded to an external portion of the upright.
A method of assembling a gate kit, comprising:
- first, obtaining two uprights and two rails, wherein each of the two uprights is a single extrusion upright, wherein each of the uprights has two openings into which the rails are inserted, wherein each upright has one full inner wall, and one second inner wall, wherein the full inner wall extends from a first upright side to a second upright side, and extends from an upright top to an upright bottom, wherein the full inner wall creates an inner box beams, wherein a quantity of glue is applied to an outer surface of the full inner wall, and wherein the rails are inserted into the two openings, and then, once the rail is fully inserted, wherein a quantity of backfilled glue is inserted into two spaces between a rail side and an outer side of a full inner wall, wherein for each of the uprights the one full inner wall is molecularly bonded to an external portion of the upright.
A method of attaching a gate upright to a rail, comprising a first step of inserting a rail into an opening in a gate upright, wherein the gate upright comprises the opening into which the rail can be inserted, wherein the gate upright has one full inner wall, wherein the full inner extends from a first upright side to a second upright side, and extends from an upright top to an upright bottom, wherein the one full inner wall creates an inner box beam, wherein the one full inner wall is molecularly bonded to an external portion of the upright.
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