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US 9,816,239 B1Granted
Fence footing
AssigneeErtec Environmental Systems LLC
InventorVincent P. Morris
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Abstract
Assemblies and methods for securing an elongate apertured fence to the ground. The fence includes an upper section which is apertured and which extends upwards from the ground, and a lower section which may or may not be apertured and which is not buried in the ground. The lower section is contacted by a footing member which is secured to the ground and which stabilizes the fence along a desired line along the ground. In some embodiments, the lower fence section is parallel to the ground, and at least part of the footing member lies between the lower fence section and the ground.
Claims20
An assembly which comprises
- (1) an elongate area of ground;
- (2) an elongate fence (i) which extends along a line on the elongate area of ground, (ii) no part of which is buried a trench in the ground, and (iii) which comprises
- (a) a first elongate upper fence portion which (i) comprises apertures, and (ii) extends upwards from the ground and does not contact the ground, and
- (b) a second elongate lower fence portion which is not buried in the ground;
- (3) an elongate footing member (i) at least part of which contacts the second elongate fence portion, (ii) at least a part of which extends along the ground away from the first elongate upper fence portion, and (iii) stabilizes the fence along the line;
- and
- (4) securing members which secure the elongate footing member to the ground.
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An assembly which comprises
- (1) an elongate area of ground;
- (2) an elongate fence which extends along a line on the elongate area of ground and which comprises
- (a) a first elongate upper fence portion which (i) comprises apertures, and (ii) extends upwards from the ground, and
- (b) a second elongate lower fence portion which is not buried in the ground;
- (3) an elongate footing member (i) which is separate from the first elongate upper fence portion and the second elongate lower fence portion, (ii) at least part of which contacts the second elongate fence portion, (iii) at least a part of which extends along the ground away from the first elongate upper fence portion, and (iv) stabilizes the fence along the line, and
- (4) securing members which secure the elongate footing member to the ground,
- wherein
- (A) the second elongate lower fence portion is (i) substantially planar, (ii) substantially at right angles to the first elongate upper fence portion and (iii) parallel to the ground,
- (B) the elongate footing member comprises
- (a) a first lower elongate footing component at least part of which lies between at least part of the second elongate lower fence portion and the ground, and
- (b) a second upper elongate footing component which lies on top of at least part of the second elongate lower fence portion, and
- (C) the securing members pass through the first and second footing components and the second elongate lower fence portion.
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An assembly which comprises
- (1) an elongate area of ground;
- (2) an elongate fence which extends along a line on the elongate area of ground and which comprises
- (a) a first elongate upper fence portion which (i) comprises apertures, and (ii) extends upwards from the ground, and
- (b) a second elongate lower fence portion which is not buried in the ground;
- (3) an elongate footing member (i) which is separate from the first elongate upper fence portion and the second elongate lower fence portion, (ii) at least part of which contacts the second elongate fence portion, (iii) at least a part of which extends along the ground away from the first elongate upper fence portion, and (iv) stabilizes the fence along the line, and
- (4) securing members which secure the elongate footing member to the ground,
- wherein
- (A) the second elongate lower fence portion comprises two elongate parallel components, and
- (B) a first part of the elongate footing member lies between the two parallel components of the second lower elongate fence portion, and
- (C1) the second elongate lower fence portion (i) is substantially planar, and (ii) is substantially coplanar with the first elongate upper fence portion, and the second part of the elongate footing member extends generally at right angles to first part of the elongate footing member and to the second lower elongate fence portion in contact with the around, or
- (C2) the second elongate lower fence portion is substantially planar and extends at right angles to the first elongate upper fence portion, and a second part of the elongate footing member extends generally at right angles to the first upper fence portion in contact with the ground.
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An elongate fence which comprises
- (1) a first elongate upper fence portion which comprises open apertures,
- (2) a second elongate lower fence portion which (i) is substantially planar, and (ii) is secured to the first elongate upper fence portion along an elongate line, and
- (3) an elongate footing member (i) which is separate from the first elongate upper fence portion and the second elongate lower fence portion, (ii) at least part of which contacts the second elongate fence portion, (iii) at least a part of which extends away from the first elongate upper fence portion, (iv) which stabilizes the fence along the line, and (v) no part of which extends downwards away from the first elongate upper fence portion;
- wherein the footing member is secured to only one face of the second elongate lower fence portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.