US1850779A - Constettcition - Google Patents

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Filed Jan. 6, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet I l I I i -3--- March 22, 1932. J. 'sPATH FEkcE CONSTRUCTION 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 1931 gwwntoe i: as

ja'centrails being connectedby-a lap joint extending through an aperture in the? post .xtherebetweem', aligned" apertures? formed through (the members of .the ,rai1s,T- picket members disposed in}; said apertures; and 4 means for forming a'locking connectionflbe w tween the picket members and the rails.

: a '4. Agvfence Structure, comprisingafpIu- 1i5 lra1ity of spaced posts in whichjone. thereof constitutes a terminal or end post, other I for intermediate posts having aperture'stra'ns-F 1 versely therethrough, rails disposed between the post's, each ofsaidf rails comprisingtwoxj members'arrangedfone uponthe other, a lap joint formed, between, adjacentfends of the I lowerm'embers of the rails the joined por-v' tions of said lower members passing' through {the apertures of the posts," means secured. to a face ofth'eterminal postgfor supportingan endof anladjacent rai1, picket members extended through the members of the rails, and 7 ,means forlocking the rails and picketmem p I posts ofI-cross-section,rails disposed:be-

bers togethen'i I for joining the lower oneof said bars'with withtheadjacent post; .r

' A fence structure, comprising. spaced post' members,' a rail. "connecting said membersfand consisting of a pair of bars ar ranged one uponthe other, aligned apertures formed through said .barsythe aperture in thejupper bar corresponding in Iconfigura 'tion with the cross-section of a picket; the V Qapertur'e in-thelowerbarbeing of keyhole formation, and picket members each adapted i ext e i o ig n ape t r uin ,npperbar andithroughfthe. enlarged portion j f; v I

of the adjacentkeyhole aperture inthe lower bar; each picket being'notched at opposite. i

sides to' receive the 'constricted portionlof 1 'i Q the keyholeaperturewhen the lower 'barrisfi A shifted; longitudinally in one direction' ff,' V

e 7 fence structurejof ,the character d f,

- scribed comprisingspaced post-membersfa Q 3 l rail connectingsaidpost membersiand con- Qsisting of a pair of barsarranged one upon i the other, the upperone of said: bars being},

I of channel formation with the channelthere W r f directed do'wnwardly overthelowerbar,'l'iz Picket members a hhavin opposite faces thfedftmiisversly not ched; i I iing: alignedapertures therethroughffor the securethe' pickets position: a

- 5. In a fence structurenof the characterfde-f scribed, spaced postmembers,'a-rail connecting said post members andformed of a pair I {of ibarsjdisposed one upon thejother, means pair of bar members 'arranged' one 0 vert1 1e the post membera picket memberscarried a e the rail, and means for facilitating the set ting up of the fenceuipon, inclined ground which consists in undercutting the ends of the upperbars so as to normally "maintain a only ,the top end; edge thereof in comet I necting bolts'between the railmember's wherewbsfth'ereof toreceive the a'djacentends of.

members disposed in the aligned apertures s'aidpickets in said aperturesthrQ lgh th'e longitudinal movement of the lower 10' the rail membersl reception of the picket members, one offsaid apertures being in the. form of a' keyhole slot; the narrow portion of .whichzisjdesignedto -;receive thenotched section of the-adjacent; f picketiwhen the baris'shiftedl'ongitudinally;

and means for securingth'e bars againstjflwi t ve movementlsfl, a

4-18., A" fencef str'ucture, comprising; "spaced; post members,;a railf extending between sa'idfff a M in posts anaconsisting: of two; membersaldisv y i posed oneguajbovethe-other, theupperoneaof L said members being of; channel formation jand'arrangedinini erted"position,ithe'lower1 I oneiof said members being disposedf p'artl a within the channel ,of the upper. ll member, aligned p r ni esi or t r ughl' e. i r y a 'bers of said rail for theextension-of pickets;

therethrough, picket members @diSPOSdliinf I: it :s'aidialigned ap ert ures,--i means for; securingf';

the lower one of the la-embers tos'the l ppnq j member; said means facilitating the-"longitui- *dina l' shifting of'the 1owermember, and" the i said apertures in theilower member being formed to'en 'agejthe picketswhenshifted, I,

1.9. A fencestructure, co pr 1 to "g s a of tween said .posts'j arideatch consisting of a other, "the 'upperxone of said barfmembers;

:ha-Vingits ends abutting the webs ofltheposts; A and: further being undercut to, facilitate its" disposition at. an f angle with" respect-to'}.the

"1'00 p'o'sts,s the e said posts having apertures 'infthe;

the lower members cf the f ail s g a' d rails i1 r members havi ligned ;.ape i-t .therein: c ption of picket members; @9 1- 10,5

of the-rail, members, and means forsecuring

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