Fences – Metallic – Picket
Patent
1995-05-01
1996-09-17
Green, Brian K.
Fences
Metallic
Picket
256 68, 256 19, 403397, 403353, E04H 1714
Patent
active
055560792
ABSTRACT:
A fencing system with mounting clip for joining fencing members to one another. The system includes a number of straight plastic tubes that are cut appropriately into posts, cross members and pickets as the fence members and are for connection together using mounting clips to form a picket fence. The mounting clip is for joining the fence members together is formed from a section of a stiff material, such as spring steel, for attachment to a post or cross fence member, has an upper section that is bent at intervals thereacross and includes a broad lower end section. The lower end section has a flat end and is bent at spaced intervals thereacross, upwardly and then downwardly to where the flat end is approximately aligned with the flat center section undersurface. The mounting clip is to fit into a keyhole opening that is formed in fence member fitted, with the mounting clip broad lower end to fit through a keyhole opening wide end. Whereafter, the keyhole containing fence member is slide across the mounting clip to where an end of a keyhole narrow rectangular portion engages a mounting clip upper end wall. So arranged, with a keyhole broad lower end will have traveled up the keyhole opening to span the keyhole rectangular portion, with end portions of the mounting clip flat end thereby urged into the fence member surface alongside of the rectangular portion, to block the mounting member from sliding out of the keyhole opening.
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Green Brian K.
Kim Harry C.
Russell M. Reid
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