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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7690629 | Modular rail and post fence system A modular rail and post fence system. The fence system includes a plurality of rail assemblies with each rail assembly formed from a pair of panels. Each panel has a pair of sidewalls joined together at an angle to form an angled edge wherein the pair of panels are ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7635115 | Protective cover for fence rail cap A fence rail assembly is provided comprising an extruded rail having a lengthwise extending slot for receiving a plurality of fasteners for attaching the rail to a plurality of pickets. The slot is designed with internal flanges adapted for engaging mating flanges o... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7503551 | Fence construction systems A fence construction system in which pickets (52) are attached to rails (50, 51) using fastening means located inside the rails. In one embodiment the pickets are fastened to a rail by a common locking rod. In another embodiment, the pickets (52... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7478799 | Railing system A railing system having a thin profile balustrade for minimum obstruction of the view therebeyond. The railing system includes spaced parallel upper and lower rails which are supported in conventional fashion from upright posts. The balustrade is made of a plurality... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7434789 | Picket fence assembly A picket fence assembly is provided which includes uniquely configured pickets which facilitate fast and easy construction of a picket fence without the need for additional mechanical fasteners. In one embodiment, the picket fence includes non-circular pickets, a fi... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7384025 | Screw hiding device for combining lateral tubes with upright tubes A screw hiding device for combining lateral tubes with upright tubes includes a position strip to match with each lateral tube. Each position strip has an upright wall to contact with each upright tube and fixed together with a screw. Each lateral tube has an upper ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7360754 | Interlocking fence system and method An interlocking fence system is disclosed. Two spaced-apart upright posts (8, 10) attached to a grade G support a locking rail (4) with an offset locking aperture (26) and an alignment aperture (32) and further support an alignment rail (... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7341242 | Fence system A fence system which can be erected on site and comprising a set of transverse rails of metallic material, formed as hollow sections, a plurality of vertical balusters, which can be interengaged with the transverse rails; and a plurality interconnecting devices whic... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7322564 | Ornamental fiberglass fence A fence having tubular rails, tubular pickets and tubular posts formed from pultruded fiberglass has several advantageous features. Lightweight fiberglass components are very strong and will not rust like metal fencing and do not require frequent maintenance like wo... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7300037 | Protection device for roof openings A fall protection device for an opening in a roof includes at least one rail section having a vertical member. The vertical member is preferably in the form of a metal tube having an open lower end. A bearing foot has a connecting portion and a bearing portion and i... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7270550 | Board to board connector A board to board connector includes a dielectric housing and a plurality of terminals. The dielectric housing has an upper surface, a bottom surface and a plurality of terminal passages which pass through the upper surface and the bottom surface. Each terminal is re... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267324 | Ranch fence An interlocking steel fencing system having posts and rails made from tubular steel, the posts and rails being either round or rectangular in shape, the posts having openings therein which correspond with the shape of a rail designed to be inserted therein, the end ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7232114 | Fence assembly with rail clip for use therewith A fence assembly comprising fence posts, fence rails and clips for connecting them together. The fence posts have at least one opening in one or more of the walls and the rail clips are sized to snap fit into the openings. The rail clip includes a rear wall with a p... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7210427 | Portable livestock panel system A portable livestock panel system for effectively containing livestock in a humane manner. The portable livestock panel system includes a plurality of posts each having a plurality of receiver apertures and a plurality of fastener apertures, a plurality of cross mem... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7134647 | Lock A lock secures a first member to a second member, such as a fence rail to a post. The lock may include a lock body, a first locking element and a second locking element. The first locking element and second locking element may secure the lock to the first member and... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134646 | Privacy fence system A privacy fencing system may be completely roll formed out of all aluminum and other various metals. This fence bolts together entirely to simulate the traditional old wood privacy picket fence, but does not deteriorate over time as a normal wood fence. Moreover, me... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7086642 | Rackabale gate for fence and method of producing such A rackable gate having a gate panel with spaced-apart rails connected to a plurality of first pickets and a second picket. The second picket attaches to the respective rails on a side edge opposing the attachment of the first pickets to the rail. Distal opposing end... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7025335 | Modular fence A modular picket fence including a pair of vertical separated posts and adapted to be secured to a suitable support surface. A pair of horizontal upper and lower rails extend between and secured to the vertical posts. The upper rail has a plurality of apertures whic... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021607 | Fence construction system A fence construction system comprises a clip attached securely to a picket of a fence. The picket is inserted in a hole of a rail and the clip secures the picket to the rail, without field welding. ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6905109 | Stiffening device for plastic fences Plastic fences where rails are inserted into holes in hollow posts are effectively stiffened by inserting into the hollow post a stiffening device which grips the rails extending into the post, and which is stabilized against movement so as to prevent angular deflec... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6824123 | Picket fence and rail mounting system A picket fence and rail mounting system that is easily transformable by the consumer into a variety of aesthetic styles is provided. The system comprises at least an upper and a lower elongate rail. Each rail has a hollow interior defining a substantially I-shaped c... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6752386 | Fence with sliding lock bar A picket and rail fence and method for constructing the fence using a plurality of pickets with side indentions at locations where the pickets will attach to the rails, rails with open bottoms to allow for flexibility in the angle of incidence between the rails and ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6698725 | Slotted fence post cap A slotted cap for a corner or support post of a fence, particularly a chain link or "Cyclone" (trademark) or "Hurricane" (trademark) fence. In a preferred embodiment, the slotted fence post cap includes a cylindrical cap wall which is mounted on the upper... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698726 | Rail clip A fence rail clip for attaching a fence rail to a vertical fence post is disclosed. The rail clip has a bracket and a rail connector. The bracket may be secured to the vertical post. The rail connector has a rail receiving receptacle into which an end of ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6679481 | Fencing system having interlocking tubular posts and cross members The fencing system of the present invention includes elongate posts and cross-members. The posts are hollow tubular posts having cylindrical cavities along their length and apertures formed in side walls thereof. The apertures are for accepting in mating ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6299142 | Post and railing system Horizontally spaced vertical posts each include a square tubular extruded plastic sleeve enclosing a square tubular metal reinforcing post having a lower end portion with keyhole and vertical slots in each side for receiving bolts preassembled to a suppor... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6053480 | Kit for a guardrail or fence A kit for a guardrail or fence having at least one railing and a plurality of balusters insertable in the railing wherein each of the balusters has at least a portion with a circular cylindrical outer surface and at least one rib on the outer surface exte... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6036176 | Weldless barrier construction A barrier including a plurality of elongate construction elements extending along a first axis and spaced from each other along a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis, the construction elements being telescopically extensible along th... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5873564 | Method and apparatus for constructing a metal picket fence A method of constructing metal picket fences and components for use in building fences. Basically, panels are constructed by punching holes in frame tubes with a punch to form holes. Pickets are inserted into the holes to form fence panels that are fasten... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5660378 | Fence assembly A method of making an assemblable fence and the fence which includes a plurality of spaced apart pickets, each picket having an aperture therein facing in the same direction, an insert having an edge with a single or plurality of spaced apart fingers disp... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5577714 | Knock down guard rail assembly and method for assembling same The invention is a knock down guard rail assembly and method for assembling the rail. The guard rail has the capacity to be assembled and disassembled for reconfiguration as required by the user. The fastening system used to assemble the rail consists of ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5496016 | Fence system A fence system including posts for supporting horizontal rails and infill material such as panels or wooden boards. The posts comprise spaced-apart channel members of substantially C-shaped cross-sections having channels facing inwardly. The rails extend ... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5454548 | Modular metal fencing and gratings employing novel fastening means for reduction of assembly time A method for joining tubular members at right angles for use in the construction of a rail and pole metal fence or grating, in which the poles are inserted through pre-punched multi-sided clearance holes in the rails and are secured in the clearance holes... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5447290 | Rail for guarding reinforcement bars A guard rail for use with linearly-arranged reinforcement bars is provided, the guard rail including a housing for guarding reinforcement bars with the housing including structure for capturing the reinforcement bars therein, and structure on the capturin... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5312089 | Handrail assembly The handrail assembly includes at least one tubular metal stanchion having a base and at least one aperture through both sides of the stanchion and at least a horizontal top rail extending through the stanchion aperture. The horizontal top rail has an inn... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5161783 | Fence rail connection The fence rail and post connection of the present invention includes a hollow tubular PVC post with an opening formed in one vertical wall to receive a hollow tubular PVC fence rail. A hollow tubular PVC sleeve has flanges formed on the forward and rearwa... | 11/10/1992 |
| 4898365 | Modular barrier A modular barrier comprising a pair of vertical posts, a pair of parallel rails and a holding assembly for retaining the ends of the rails inside the posts. Each of the posts has a facing vertical wall with the vertical wall having an upper window and a l... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4805879 | Hand railing assembly A hand railing assembly for balconies, stairways and the like is supplied to a building site in kit form and is assembled by snap lock connections that have positive stops for increased rigidity. The improvement to a hand railing assembly with a stop rail... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4723760 | Picket fence assembly An adjustable fence assembly is disclosed constructed in sections having at least a pair of vertically oriented end posts for establishing the location of a respective section in the ground. Intermediate the end posts, a plurality of tubular pickets are m... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4451025 | Hand railing assembly A hand railing assembly is provided which can be assembled on site without the use of screws and rivets and has covers to protect the interlocking joints from rain and the like. The assembly has a hand rail, a bottom rail, a plurality of spaced apart vert... | 05/29/1984 |
