Method of assembling a fence
AssigneeKroy Building Products, Inc.
InventorJohn T. Forbis
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Abstract
A modular fence system. The system includes fence planks designed for insertion into open channels of upper and lower fence rails. The fence rails are supported in a horizontal orientation between intermittent fence posts, with the fence planks extending vertically between the rails. The planks include resilient protrusions at their upper ends. The protrusions of the planks are designed to fit into internal passages formed in the open channels of the upper fence rail, into engagement with ledges defining the passages, to inhibit inadvertent removal of the planks from the upper rail.
Claims16
A method of assembling a fence, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) coupling a first end of an upper fence rail and a first end of a lower fence rail to a fence post, and maintaining an opposing second end of the upper fence rail in an elevated orientation relative to the first end of said upper fence rail;
- (b) placing a lower end of a first fence plank into an open channel of the lower fence rail, and an opposing upper end of said first fence plank into an open channel of the upper fence rail;
- (c) placing a lower end of a following fence plank into the open channel of the lower fence rail and sliding said following fence plank toward the first fence plank;
- (d) gradually lowering the second end of the upper fence rail such that an upper end of the following fence plank becomes received into the open channel of the upper fence rail;
- (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) as many times as desired to thereby situate an array of fence planks into position between the upper and lower fence rails.
A method of assembling a fence, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) coupling a first end of a lower fence rail to a support post;
- (b) placing lower ends of a plurality of fence planks into an open channel of the lower fence rail;
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- (c) sliding an upper fence rail sequentially onto upper ends of the plurality of fence planks, one by one in a lateral direction, such that said upper ends of the planks reside in an open channel of the upper fence rail with protrusions of said upper ends extending into an internal passage of the upper fence rail and into engagement with a ledge defining said internal passage.
A method of assembling a fence, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) coupling a first end of an upper fence rail and a first end of a lower fence rail to a fence post, such that the first end of the upper fence rail is pivotally coupled to the fence post to thereby enable an opposing second end of the upper fence rail to be held in an elevated orientation relative to said first end and moved downwardly while said first end moves pivotally relative to the fence post;
- (b) placing a lower end of a first fence plank into an open channel of the lower fence rail, and an opposing upper end of said first fence plank into an open channel of the upper fence rail;
- (c) placing a lower end of a following fence plank into the open channel of the lower fence rail and sliding said following fence plank toward the first fence plank;
- (d) gradually lowering the second end of the upper fence rail such that an upper end of the following fence plank becomes received into the open channel of the upper fence rail;
- (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) as many times as desired to thereby situate an array of fence planks into position between the upper and lower fence rails.
A method of assembling a fence, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) coupling a first end of a lower fence rail to a fence post;
- (b) placing a lower end of a first fence plank into an open channel of the lower fence rail;
- (c) placing a lower end of a plurality of following fence planks into the open channel of the lower fence rail and sliding said following fence planks toward the first fence plank into a desired position such that the first plank and the following fence planks comprise pre-placed fence planks:
- (d) coupling a first end of an upper fence rail to the fence post above the planks residing in the open channel of the lower fence rail and maintaining an opposing second end of the upper fence rail in an elevated orientation relative to the first end of the upper fence rail;
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- (e) gradually lowering the second end of the upper fence rail toward the pre-placed fence planks to thereby cause upper ends of the fence planks to become inserted into an open channel of the upper fence rail in a sequential, one-by-one manner to thereby situate an array of fence planks into position between the upper and lower fence rails.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.