Tile type fencing insert
OwnerJeffrey M. Snow, Michael G. Snowinventors
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Abstract
A rectangular sheet of flexible and resilient material such as plastic with notches at the midpoint of its sides. The size of the sheet and notches allow the insert to be placed into and located by a cell of a chain link fence. Notches fit around the wire crossovers of the chain link fence and locate the insert at the mid-plane of the fence. The corners of the insert extend into adjoining cells. Adjoining inserts overlap to provide complete visual privacy. The tile-like nature of the inserts allows great flexibility in arrangements and colors to provide visual privacy, decoration, words, logos, or signage.
Claims12
An insert in combination with a chain link fence of a type comprising interwoven helixes of wire defining a plurality of uniform diamond-shaped cell openings each having four corners formed by crossovers of said wires, said insert further comprising;
- a flat sheet of resilient material dimensioned to span at least three corners of a single one of said diamond-shaped cell openings and having at least three peripheral notches each positioned to engage a corresponding wire crossover at the three corners of said diamond-shaped cell opening;
- whereby said notches are sized to fit around said wire crossovers at the corners of said cell opening and said resilient sheet allows bending to place said sheet into said cell opening with said notches around said wire crossovers and a return bias of said resilient sheet anchors said sheet in said cell opening at said crossovers.
An insert in combination with a wire fence of a type comprising interwoven helixes of wire defining a plurality of uniform diamond-shaped cell openings each having four corners formed by crossovers of said wires, said insert further comprising;
- a polygon shaped flat sheet having at least three edges and notches in each of the three edges of said sheet;
- said edges and said notches being located such that said notches fit around three of the four wire crossovers at the corners of a single diamond-shaped cell opening when said sheet is generally flat;
- and said resilient sheet is anchored in said cell opening and engaging said crossovers.
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