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US 8,783,661 B1Granted
Fence system
AssigneeBetafence USA LLC
InventorJohn F. Payne
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Abstract
A fence system, and method for making same, includes at least one support member, and at least one infill material having an edge. At least one union strip is coupled to the at least one support member, the at least one union strip including at least one channel configured for receiving the edge of the at least one infill material. In one embodiment of the invention, the at least one channel is U-shaped, and the edge is configured in a U-shape for matingly engaging the at least one U-shaped channel.
Claims15
A fence comprising:
- two or more substantially vertical posts supporting one or more substantially horizontal rails secured across and against said posts;
- at least first and second infill materials, each of said at least first and second infill materials defining a respective edge;
- at least one substantially vertical union strip secured across and against said one or more horizontal rails, said at least one union strip having an H-shaped cross-section defining two oppositely facing channels, each channel receiving one of said respective edges therein;
- first and second straps sandwiching said first infill material and one of said one or more horizontal rails between said first and second straps, each of said first and second straps having first and second holes defined there through;
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- first and second fasteners, said first fastener extending through said first holes and said first infill material, said second fastener extending through said second holes and said first infill material, said rail extending between said fasteners, thereby securing said edge of first infill material within a first one of said two oppositely facing channels.
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