Molded plastic fence section

An ornamental integrally molded plastic fence section comprising:

• a pair of substantially parallel stringers, a plurality of pickets, each of said pickets being substantially perpendicular to the stringers and being formed integral with the stringers, an identical ear formed integral with one end of each stringer, said ear has a rod aperture extending therethrough, a slot formed in each ear, each slot extending from the exterior of the respective ear to the rod aperture, a plurality of supports formed integral with the other end of each of the stringers, one of the supports of each plurality having a width less than the width of the slot in each of the ears, and cylindrical rod formed integral with the supports in a given plurality, each of said rods having a diameter slightly less than the diameter of the rod aperture for snugly fitting into the rod aperture, whereby adjacent fence sections are readily locked to each other by inserting each rod of one section into a respective rod aperture of a second section with the sections positioned in an attitude allowing the supports to pass through the respective slots, and then pivotting of the sections relative to each other to lock the sections to each other.

In an ornamental integrally molded plastic fence section for use in a garden, the fence section having locking means for securing the fence section to an adjacent identical fence section, the improvement comprising, locking means including a pair of ears formed as an integral part of one end of the fence section, one of said ears has a rod aperture extending therethrough, a slot formed in the ear having a rod aperture, said slot extending from the exterior of the ear to the rod aperture;

• and the locking means including a latch formed as an integral part of the other end of the fence section, the latch including a support formed integral with the other end of the fence section, the support having a width less than the width of the slot in the ear, and a cylindrical rod formed integral with the support, said rod having a diameter slightly less than the diameter of the rod aperture for snugly fitting into the rod aperture, whereby adjacent fence sections are readily locked to each other by inserting the rod of one section into the rod aperture of a second section with the sections positioned in an attitude wherein the support passes through the slot, and pivotting of the sections relative to each other positions the support adjacent to the ear.

In an ornamental integrally molded plastic fence section for use in a garden, the fence section having an integral locking means for securing the fence section to an adjacent identical fence section, the improvement comprising, locking means including a pair of female receptacles formed integral therewith, each female receptacle including an ear, each ear having a rod aperture extending therethrough and being aligned with the rod aperture of the ear in the other female receptacle, a slot formed in each ear in each female receptacle, each slot extending from the exterior of the respective ear to the rod aperture;

• and said locking means including a pair of male latches formed integral therewith, each of said latches including a support, each support having a width less than the width of the slot in the ears, and a cylindrical rod formed integral with the support in each latch, each of said rods having a diameter slightly less than the diameter of the rod aperture in the ear for snugly fitting into an aligned rod aperture in a selected female receptacle, whereby adjacent fence sections are locked to each other by inserting each rod of one section into a rod aperture of a second section with the sections in an attitude whereby the support passes through the respective slot, and pivotting of the sections relative to each other positions the supports adjacent to respective ears.