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US 5,480,126 AGranted
Fencing construction
AssigneeSoniplastics Inc.
InventorAndre Teasdale
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Abstract
The fencing construction comprises a sleeve for covering an elongated beam. The sleeve has a pair of symmetric L-shaped parts provided with opposite male and female interlocking members longitudinally extending along free edges thereof for meshing in a locking engagement and holding the two parts together around the beam. It allows to either upgrade an existing fence or construct a new fence with low cost materials, such as wood, and transform at least parts thereof into a PVC-like fence for improving its service life.
Claims12
A sleeve for covering an elongated beam
- in a fencing construction, the sleeve comprising a pair
- of substantially symmetric L-shaped parts provided with
- opposite male and female interlocking members longitudinally
- extending along free edges thereof for meshing in a locking engagement and holding the two parts together around the beam, the male member being a substantially flat flange perpendicularly projecting from two free edges of the parts, the female member being a mortise comprising a L-shaped flange laterally projecting from two other free edges of the parts for receiving the corresponding male member in the locking engagement, the L-shaped flange of at least one of the female members laterally projecting inward, the parts further comprising a plurality of inner longitudinal flanges perpendicularly protruding from a side of the parts bearing one of the female members, the protruding flanges having a height substantially equal to the width of the female member.
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A fencing construction comprising:
- at least two substantially vertical elongated beams;
- two first sleeves for covering the vertical beams, each sleeve comprising a pair of substantially symmetric L-shaped parts provided with opposite male and female interlocking members longitudinally extending along free edges thereof for meshing in a locking engagement and holding the two parts together around a corresponding vertical beam;
- least two substantially horizontal beams having ends connected to the vertical beams;
- two second sleeves for covering the horizontal beams, each sleeve comprising a pair of substantially symmetric L-shaped parts provided with opposite male and female interlocking members longitudinally extending along free edges thereof for meshing in a locking engagement and holding the two parts together around a corresponding horizontal beam.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.