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US 4,964,618 AGranted
Fence system and components
AssigneeCyclops Corporation
InventorsCharles G. Kennedy, Patrick D. McKeown, Jack W. Neiger
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Abstract
A metal fence (20) is constructed by a fence system with components including clips (26), fence posts (22) allowing rails (24) to engage with the posts and caps (21) to cover the seam between the rails. A solid wall fence (50) can be constructed using fasteners (228, 62), posts (58) and rails (32, 52, 54, 56, 60). Rails (32, 52, 54, 56, 60) slide along a channel (36) to form an interlocking seam (34).
Claims15
A fence system comprising:
- fence post means for being vertically mounted;
- and
- a plurality of interconnected fence rail means for being horizontally mounted and for being connected to said fence post means, each said fence rail means comprising:
- (a) an elongated rail member defining a longitudinal axis for being horizontally disposed and an axis which is transverse to said longitudinal axis and having a first end, a second end, a third end and a fourth end, said first and second ends being positioned at opposite ends of said longitudinal axis of said elongated rail member and said third and fourth ends being positioned at opposite ends of said transverse axial;
- (b) said third and fourth ends each being generally symmetrical with one another;
- said third and fourth ends each having an extreme end portion;
- each said extreme end portion being formed in sequence a first bend closest to its corresponding extreme end portion, a second bend adjacent said first bend, a third bend adjacent said second bend, and a fourth bend furthest away from its corresponding end portion, each said bend extending generally continuously from said first end to said second end, said first bend being formed at an acute angle, said second bend being formed at an obtuse angle and said third and fourth bends each being formed at a right angle;
- (c) said third and fourth ends each defining a cavity and forming an interlocking connector for slidingly interconnecting one of said third and fourth ends of a first of said plurality of rail means with one of said third and fourth ends of a second of said plurality of rail means, said acute angle of said first bend, said obtuse angle of said second bend, said right angle of said third bend and said right angle of said fourth bend being relatively positioned to face their corresponding cavity;
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- (d) said elongated rail having means for attachment to said fence post means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.