US 5,702,090 A · Snap together plastic fence

Abstract

A plastic fence assembly, particularly adapted for use as residential privacy fencing and the like, comprises plural post members which are formed of hollow extruded plastic and have opposed side walls and end walls intersected by one or more elongated channels. Elongated spacer elements may be inserted in the channels and retained therein by interlocking projections on the spacer elements and recesses formed in the sidewalls of the post channels. The spacer elements support side edges of vertically extending picket members, brackets for horizontally extending center rail members and to position at least one or both of elongated top and bottom rail members of the fence assembly. The top and bottom rail members have elongated slots formed therein for receiving opposite ends of generally planar boardlike picket members. The top and bottom rail members and the spacer members may be cut to length as may the post and picket members to provide fencing of a desirable height and distance between posts.

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Dependent claims

An exterior fence assembly for use in determining the boundaries of a parcel of land or for forming a residential privacy fence comprising:

a plurality of spaced apart, generally vertically extending post members, each of said post members being formed of an extrudable plastic and having a perimeter wall defining an interior space,
an elongated channel formed in said perimeter wall and extending over at least a portion of the length of said post member;
a spacer member insertable in said channel, said spacer member being formed of extruded plastic and comprising spaced apart, generally parallel extending tines, wall means intermediate said tines and defining a slot for receiving a side edge of a fence picket, said wall means defining said channel and said tines of said spacer member including cooperating projection and recess means for releasably locking said spacer member in said channel;
plural, side by side, elongated generally horizontally extending intermediate rail means having respective opposed ends;
and
support bracket means disposable in said channel of each of adjacent ones of said post members, said support bracket means including opposed spaced apart slots for receiving respective ends of said intermediate rail means extending between adjacent ones of said post members, respectively.

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An exterior fence assembly for use in determining the boundaries of a parcel of land or forming a residential privacy fence, said fence assembly being formed entirely of parts formed of an extruded polymer selected from a group consisting of styrenic resins and vinyl based resins, said fence assembly including:

a plurality of spaced apart, generally vertically extendable posts, each of said posts being formed of extruded polymer and having a perimeter wall defined by opposed sidewalls and endwalls integrally joined together and an elongated channel formed in said perimeter wall and intersecting at least one of said sidewalls and endwalls and extending over at least a portion of the length of said posts, respectively, said sidewalls, said endwalls and said channel defining a hollow interior space filled with a reinforcing material;
an extruded polymer spacer member insertable in said channel of adjacent posts, respectively, and including an elongated slot formed therein including means cooperable with wall means defining a portion of said channel to retain said spacer member in said channel, respectively;
an elongated extruded polymer bottom rail member extending between adjacent ones of said posts and having opposed ends insertable in said channels in said posts in a predetermined position as determined by said spacer members;
an elongated extruded polymer top rail member extending between adjacent ones of said posts and having opposed ends insertable in said channels of said posts, respectively;
each of said rail members including an elongated slot formed therein;
and
a plurality of generally hollow, vertically extending extruded polymer pickets disposed side by side between said rail members and engaged therewith in said slots, in said rail members, respectively, each of said pickets being characterized by opposed endwalls and opposed parallel sidewalls, said sidewalls being spaced apart such as to permit insertion of opposite ends of said pickets in said slots in said rail members, respectively, and respective ones of said pickets adjacent said posts being insertable in said slots in said spacer members, respectively, to form said fence assembly.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Snap together plastic fence

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