Vertical frame structures
OwnerHarold G. Coles, Lynn A. Pederseninventors
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Abstract
A garden, patio or other screen or other vertical frame structure has a frame formed of elongate extruded plastic members, which include vertical frame elements, and a panel in the frame. The vertical frame elements have hollow interiors and downwardly open bottom openings. Metal L-shaped support members have vertical portions extending upwardly through the bottom openings into frictional engagement in the hollow interiors of the vertical frame elements, and horizontal portions extending forwardly and rearwardly of the screen from the vertical portions.
Claims10
A vertical frame structure, comprising:
- a frame;
- a panel in said frame;
- said frame having a front, a rear, a top, a bottom and a pair of opposite vertical side elements;
- said vertical side elements each having a pair of elongate, vertical recesses, and bottom openings in said bottom of said frame;
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- a pair of L-shaped support members associated with each of said vertical side elements;
- said L-shaped support members each having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion and said vertical portions extending upwardly from said horizontal portions through said bottom openings into frictional engagement with said vertical side members within respective ones of said vertical recesses;
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- said horizontal portions of each of said pairs of L-shaped support members projecting from said front and said rear, respectively, of said frame.
A screen, comprising:
- a frame formed of elongate extruded plastic members;
- said members including vertical frame elements located at a bottom region of said frame at opposite sides of said frame;
- said vertical frame elements having hollow interiors and downwardly open bottom openings;
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- support members having vertical portions extending upwardly through said bottom openings into said vertical frame elements and horizontal portions extending from lower ends of the vertical portions;
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- said vertical frame elements each defining separate gaps within its hollow interior;
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- said vertical portions being received in said gaps in frictional engagement with said vertical frame elements.
A screen, comprising:
- a panel;
- a rectangular frame extending around said panel and having a front, a rear, a top and a bottom;
- said frame having downwardly open openings in said bottom of said frame and hollow spaces extending upwardly within said frame from said openings;
- L-shaped support members at said bottom of said frame;
- said support members having vertical portions extending upwardly through said openings in frictional engagement with said frame within said hollow spaces and horizontal portions projecting forwardly and rearwardly of said screen;
- wherein said hollow spaces comprise adjacent pairs of hollow spaces and each of said pairs comprises a front hollow space adjacent said front of said frame and a rear hollow space adjacent said rear of said frame;
- said support members are L-shaped and a pair of said support members have said vertical portions thereof inserted into respective ones of said front and rear hollow spaces from said bottom of said screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.