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US 6,386,519 B1Granted
Continuous post and rail fence
AssigneePriefert Manufacturing Company
InventorWilliam D. Priefert
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a post and rail fence comprised of a plurality of posts, rails, and clamps. The posts rigidly engage with the ground in a generally perpendicular fashion, at spaced apart intervals. The clamps interconnect the rails and the posts, through interconnected post clamp and rail clamp sections. The clamp interconnection is accomplished with a tensioning member that provides a variable clamping force and maintains the connection between the posts and the rails.
Claims12
A ground supported post and rail fence, said fence comprising:
- a) a plurality of posts rigidly engaged with the ground, and spaced apart at convenient intervals;
- b) a plurality of rails;
- c) a plurality of clamps wherein said clamps interconnect said posts and said rails;
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- d) wherein said clamps comprise a post clamp for clamping said posts comprising a first and a second piece that interconnect on one end with a releasable hinge, a rail clamp for clamping said rails, and a tensioning member for interconnecting said first and said second piece of said post clamps at an end opposite to said end with said releasable hinge and for interconnecting said post and rail clamps and for providing a variable clamping force to said post and rail clamps to maintain said interconnection between said posts and said rails.
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A ground supported post and rail fence, said fence comprising:
- a) a plurality of posts rigidly engaged with, and generally vertical to, the ground, and spaced apart at convenient intervals;
- b) a plurality of end rails of a first length having an open end and a closed end, for positioning at the ends of each fence section;
- c) a plurality of end rails of a second length having an open end and a closed end, for positioning at the ends of each fence section;
- d) a plurality of open rails having an open end and a tapered end to allow for swaged interconnection with an open end of an adjoining rail, and positioned between said end rails;
- e) wherein said plurality of rails are arranged in at least two generally parallel rows such that one row begins with said end rail of said first length and another row begins with said end rail of said second length thereby staggering interconnection points of said rails of said rows;
- f) a plurality of clamps wherein said clamps interconnect said posts and said rails such that said rails are generally parallel to the ground, wherein said clamps further comprise:
- i) a post clamp comprised of a first piece with a hole and a second piece with a hole such that said first and second pieces interconnect on one end with a releasable hinge;
- ii) a rail clamp for clamping said rails comprised of a strap with aligned holes formed to fit around the outside of said rails;
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- iii) a threaded bolt and nut for interconnecting said first and second pieces of said post clamp on an end opposite to said releasable hinge and said rail clamp through said holes in said rail clamp and in said first and second piece of said post clamp, and for providing a variable clamping force to maintain said interconnection between said posts and said rails, wherein said rail clamp pivots relative to said post clamp about said bolt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.