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US 4,063,714 AGranted
Fence formed from prefabricated sections
AssigneeThe Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
InventorRobert E. Kirkwood
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Abstract
A fence which may be formed from prefabricated sections that readily fit together. The fence includes vertical members, each fitted with clips to fasten to horizontal spacers, a pair of horizontal spacers of a U-shaped section and a horizontal spacer of an H-section, together with flat panels that fit into the recesses of the U-shape and H-shape spacers.
Claims4
A fence kit which may be assembled in modular form from standard units of
- a plurality of fence posts, each adaptable for staking into ground,
- a plurality of flat panels and
- a plurality of U-shaped support spacers
- said fence posts each fitted with spaced clip means to each detachably support an end section of each of a pair of spacers in spaced array so that the spacers lie in spaced horizontal array when installed, with each pair of spacers enclosing and supporting the opposed horizontal edges of a flat panel, when each spacer is mounted to a pair of said fence posts by said clip means, and when said fence posts are oriented in spaced vertical array, with
- each said clip means including an angle member fastened to a fence post so that a projecting section of the angle member extends radially from the axis of the attached post, said projecting section being of a size and shape to freely support a spacer end section resting on the said angle member projecting section, in the erect position of the fence post, with the projecting section extending along an axis substantially parallel to the axis of the supported spacer, so that the attached spacers extend between attached fence posts in the plane of the axes of a pair of installed posts,
- said angle member projecting section and each said end section of the spacer fitted with cooperating detent and hole fastening means located so that in the installed position, the axis of the detent means is parallel to the axis of the post and the cooperating detent and hole fastening means are located to permit the spacer and the projecting section of the angle member to be freely separated by movement of the spacer along a direction that is both substantially parallel to the axis of the fence post and in the direction away from the bottom end of the fence post.
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