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US 5,961,242 AGranted
Bracket for a fencing system
AssigneeIron Eagle Industries Inc.
InventorNicola Leone
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AssigneeIron Eagle Industries Inc.
InventorNicola Leone
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A novel bracket assembly for slidably mounting beams such as rails upon a column such as posts and for interconnecting abutting beams is disclosed for forming a continuous support frame for fencing and fence-like systems. The bracket assembly comprises identical first and second bracket components each having a pair of opposed, spaced-apart side walls joined by a web defining a collar for slidably engaging the post therebetween, opposed sleeve side walls defining a split sleeve for receiving an end of a beam therein, each collar having a recess extending from the center-line of the sleeve, and clamping and securing the sleeve side walls and collar side walls towards each other to secure the beam to the bracket and to clamp the bracket to the rail, whereby inversion of the second bracket component relative to the first bracket component on a column will nest the recesses of the bracket components together and align the sleeves at about the same height on a column.
A bracket assembly for connecting beams to a column comprising identical first and second bracket components each having a pair of opposed, spaced-apart side walls joined by a continuous web defining a collar adjacent the web for slidably engaging the column therebetween, opposed sleeve side walls formed by extensions of said opposed, spaced-apart side walls defining a split sleeve having a longitudinal opening for receiving an end of a beam therein, each said collar having a recess extending from the opening of the sleeve, and clamping and securing means for biasing the sleeve side walls and collar side walls towards each other to secure the beam to the bracket and to clamp the bracket to the column, whereby inversion of the second bracket component relative to the first bracket component will nest opposed collars together such that the opposed collars are axially aligned and overlap to form a continuous opening therethrough.
A method of assembling a fence-like structure comprising the steps of selecting a pair of opposed bracket components, each of said bracket components comprising spaced-apart side-walls joined integrally by a continuous web defining a collar operative for slidably engaging a column therebetween, and opposed sleeve sidewalls formed by extensions of said opposed spaced-apart sidewalls defining a split sleeve having an opening for receiving an end of a beam therein, each of said collars having a recess extending from the opening of the sleeve;
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