Retaining lock for chain link fence slats
OwnerWilliam D. Humphrey, Harold Rothenbergerinventors
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Abstract
In a chain link fencing employing slats inserted vertically through adjacent links into an open channel which is inserted horizontally through the lowermost or uppermost course of links, a means of locking the slats to the channel to prevent easy removal of the slats from the fencing. Each slat is manufactured with a notch near one end thereof, and the channel is manufactured with a continuous barb along each free edge, one of which will engage the notch on the slat when the slat is inserted perpendicularly into the channel. For ease of assembly, the end of each slat nearest the notch is beveled.
Claims8
In chain link fencing employing slats inserted vertically through adjacent rows of fencing links, each slat being elongated and having a longitudinal dimension with spaced opposite ends, a width dimension and a thickness dimension less than the width dimension, a means for securing the slats within the fencing, comprising:
- a notch formed in each slat near one end thereof, the notch extending across the width dimension and partly through the thickness dimension;
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- a channel inserted through the fencing in a horizontal orientation to receive perpendicularly the ends of the slats having the notch formed nearby, the channel having inner surfaces and including a base portion and opposing walls, each of which has terminal edge portions spaced from said base portion, at least one of said terminal edge portions including an inwardly projecting barbed edge, the spacing between the respective terminal edge portions being less than said slat thickness dimension and said at least one barbed edge being engageable within the notch so as to lock the slat to the channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.