Fence slat installation and construction

A method of inserting a fence slat into a fence without said fence slat crimping comprising the steps of:

• a) providing the fence with linking wires which form knuckles and define a plurality of slat receiving channels therebetween;
• b) providing a plurality of slat members for positioning in said slat receiving channels, each of said slat members including an elongated body member having opposing sides and opposing end portions, an intersection of an end of a respective opposing side and an end of a respective opposing end portion forming a shoulder so that the elongated body member has opposing pairs of said shoulders, each pair of said shoulders having a first thickness, the elongated body member further having a pair of flexible and resilient wing portions of substantially the same width, each of said wing portions extending from each of said end portions of said elongated body member, wherein outer ends of said wing portions are sufficiently thin so as to enable said wing portions to flex around the fence knuckles and extend beyond said slat receiving channels such that substantially no space remains between the wing portions of the adjacent slat members when positioned in the slat receiving channels of the fence, said elongated body member being hollow and having at least two ribs therein, the ribs extending the length of the elongated body member and being curved in shape such that concave surfaces of the ribs face each other, wherein each of said opposing sides is curved in shape so that the first thickness of the pairs of said shoulders is greater than a second thickness of said elongated body member at a midpoint thereof;
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• c) sliding said slat members into a respective said slat receiving channel without each said slat member crimping due to said at least two ribs in said elongated body member.