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US3108787A
US3108787A US173412A US17341262A US3108787A US 3108787 A US3108787 A US 3108787A US 173412 A US173412 A US 173412A US 17341262 A US17341262 A US 17341262A US 3108787 A US3108787 A US 3108787A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00—Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/1413—Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members
    • E04H17/1417—Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members with vertical cross-members
    • E04H17/1426—Picket fences
    • E04H17/143—Picket fences with separate pickets attached to the side of the horizontal members
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00—Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
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    • E04H17/1413—Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members
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  • This cross-sectional shape generally has tapered surfaces and, in some cases, crowned faces so that no fiat surface is available for bolt holes and consequently distortion occurs in some area when a tight assembly is attempted.
  • the principal object of this invention is to provide a clip for securing the rail of such fences to a post.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a clip of such shape as to act as an interface spacer as well as to securely grip the tapered or crowned fiange webs of a post.
  • Still another object of this invention is to provide an offset line post attachment clip which provides for unlimited vertical and horizontal adjustment for rail placement in a fence.
  • FIG. 1 is a vertical elevation of a section of metallic fence structure including a line post and incorporating the features of this invention
  • FIG. 2 is a greatly enlarged detail of a junction between a line post and a rail as viewed from the front thereof;
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-section of the junction taken on line 33 of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is an end view vertical section taken on line 4-4 of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective of a clip element
  • FIG. 6 is a cross-section of an alternate embodiment of a junction between a rail and post.
  • a length of fence 10 comprising a line post 12, rails 14, and pickets r16.
  • the rails 14 are secured to the post 12 at junctions 18.
  • the line post 12 is generally of I-shaped crosssection and has crowned decorative flange webs 13 which make flat contact to the face of a rail 14 impossible.
  • the rail :14 is provided on the entire length of face 15 with a slot 17 which may include inwardly extending flanges 19 for added strength.
  • the pickets 16 are attached by screws 11 to the opposite face of the rail.
  • a clip 20 is mounted on a carriage bolt 21 retained in this slot 17 by its head.
  • the clip 29, as best shown in FIG. 5, is of flat metal strap bent to a U-shape and includes a pair of registered holes 2 2 for the bolt 21 in the sides 23 and 24.
  • the outer side 23 is slightly longer than the inner side 24 and is bent sharply at a right angle to form a short inwardly extending finger 25.
  • a hollow first structural member having a slot extending lengthwise therein and a second structural member spaced from said first structural member and having a web with an arcuate shape in contact engagement with said hollow first structural member and an offset attachment device for securing said first structural member to said second structural member at various degrees of angularity
  • said device consisting of a structural member having two spaced sides, one of said sides being longer than the other and having a finger element extending inwardly to said one side but spaced therefrom for forming an opening between the free end of said finger element and the free end of said one side to receive the web of said second struc tural member therebetween, and means positionable in the slot of said hollow first structural member for securing said device to said first structural member and drawing said spaced free ends thereof together to frict-ionally engage said web of said second structural member on opposite surfaces thereof.
  • a first structural member having a slot provided therein, a second structural member spaced from said first structural member and having a web with an arcuate surface in engagement with said first structural member, and an offset attachment device for securing said first structural member to said second structural member at various degrees of angularity
  • said device including a third structural member having two spaced sides, one of said sides being longer than the other and having an element extending inwardly to said one side but spaced therefrom for forming an opening between the free end of said element and free end of said one side to receive the web of said second structural member therebetween, and means positionable in the slot of said first structural member for securing said device to said first structural member and drawing said spaced free ends thereof together to frictionally engage the web of said second structural member on opposite surfaces thereof.
  • 'In combination -a first structural member having a slot provided therein, a second structural member spaced from said first structural member and having a web with an arcuate outer surface in engagement with said first structural member, and an offset attachment clip device for securing said first structural member to said second structural member at various degrees of 'angu-larity, said device including a third structural member of substantially U-shape having two substantially spaced sides, one of said sides being longer than the other and having a finger extending inwardly to said one side but spaced therefrom for receiving the arcuate shaped web of said second structural member between said spaced sides, and adjustable means positionable in the slot of said first strucaways? a total member for securing said device to said first structural member and forcing said spaced sides thereof together so as to engage the Web of said second structural member on opposite surfaces thereof.
  • a rail member having a slot provided therein, a post member of I-shape cross section spaced from said rail member and having a web with an arcuate outer surface in contact engagement with said rail member, and an offset attachment clip device for securing said rail member to said post member at various degrees of angularity, said device including a structural member having two substantially spaced sides, one of said sides being longer than the other and having a finger extending inwardly to said one side but spaced therefrom for receiving a web of said post member between said spaced sides, and means positionable in said slot of said rail member for securing said device to said rail member and drawing said spaced sides thereof together so as to engage the web of said post member on opposite surfaces thereof.
  • rail member of substantially rectangular cross section having a slot extending lengthwise thereof and a post member of 'I-shape cross section spaced from said rail member and having a Web with an arcuate surface of said web in engagement with said rail memher
  • an offset attachment clip device for securing rail member to said post member at various degrees of singularity
  • said device including a structural member having two substantially spaced sides, one of said sides being longer than the other and having a finger extending inwardly to said one side but spaced therefrom for receiving the Web of said post member between said spaced sides, and means positionable in the slot of said rail member for securing said device to said rail member and drawing said spaced sides thereof together so as to engage the web of said post member on opposite surfaces thereof.

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Oct 29, 1963 J. s. CASE 3,103,787
OFFSET LINE POST ATTACl-MENT CLIP Filed Feb. 15, 1962 INVENTOR John 5. Case ATTORNEY United States Patent M 3,108,787 OFFSET LINE POST ATTAfiHMENT CLIP .lchn S. Case, Towson, Md, assignor to Anchor Post Products, Inc, Baltimore, Md a corporation of New Jersey Filed Feb. 15, 1962., Ser. No. 173,412 Claims. (Ci. 25d69) This invent-ion relates to fences, and more particularly to fence structures utilizing metallic structural elements.
With the growing popularity of all metal fences, it has become a problem to neatly and securely attach the rails to the usual I-beam cross-section driven posts. This cross-sectional shape generally has tapered surfaces and, in some cases, crowned faces so that no fiat surface is available for bolt holes and consequently distortion occurs in some area when a tight assembly is attempted.
The principal object of this invention, therefore, is to provide a clip for securing the rail of such fences to a post.
Another object of this invention is to provide a clip of such shape as to act as an interface spacer as well as to securely grip the tapered or crowned fiange webs of a post.
Still another object of this invention is to provide an offset line post attachment clip which provides for unlimited vertical and horizontal adjustment for rail placement in a fence.
The invention will be fully apprehended from the fol lowing detailed description of preferred embodiments thereof taken in connection with the appended drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a vertical elevation of a section of metallic fence structure including a line post and incorporating the features of this invention;
FIG. 2 is a greatly enlarged detail of a junction between a line post and a rail as viewed from the front thereof;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-section of the junction taken on line 33 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is an end view vertical section taken on line 4-4 of FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a perspective of a clip element; and
FIG. 6 is a cross-section of an alternate embodiment of a junction between a rail and post.
Referring now to FIG. 1, a length of fence 10 is shown comprising a line post 12, rails 14, and pickets r16. The rails 14 are secured to the post 12 at junctions 18.
As best shown in the enlarged views of FIGS. 2, 3, and 4, the line post 12 is generally of I-shaped crosssection and has crowned decorative flange webs 13 which make flat contact to the face of a rail 14 impossible.
The rail :14 is provided on the entire length of face 15 with a slot 17 which may include inwardly extending flanges 19 for added strength. The pickets 16 are attached by screws 11 to the opposite face of the rail.
A clip 20 is mounted on a carriage bolt 21 retained in this slot 17 by its head. The clip 29, as best shown in FIG. 5, is of flat metal strap bent to a U-shape and includes a pair of registered holes 2 2 for the bolt 21 in the sides 23 and 24. The outer side 23 is slightly longer than the inner side 24 and is bent sharply at a right angle to form a short inwardly extending finger 25.
With a nut 26 loosely tightened on bolt 21 over the clip 29, the latter is slipped along the slot 19 until its outer and inner sides 23 and 24 embrace the web 13 therebetween.
When nut 26 is tightened it will be noted that the inner side 24 of clip 20 acts as a spacer to compensate for the curvature of web 13 While the finger of the 31%,737 Patented Oct. 29, 1'9fi3 outer side #23 firmly engages it and forces the rail 14 against the post 12. This is especially elfective where the decorative crowning of web 13 includes an edge bead 27 which is customarily included to avoid sharp edges on the post 12.
Where still greater strength is desired or where the post is of standard I-beam cross-section as indicated by reference numeral 28 in FIG. 6, a pair of clips 20 are used one on each side of the web 29. Thus, despite the tapered cross-section of the latter the clips 20 provide a neat secure and fully adjustable junction of rail 14 to post 28.
Obviously many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. It is, therefore, to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described.
What is claimed is:
1. In combination, a hollow first structural member having a slot extending lengthwise therein and a second structural member spaced from said first structural member and having a web with an arcuate shape in contact engagement with said hollow first structural member and an offset attachment device for securing said first structural member to said second structural member at various degrees of angularity, said device consisting of a structural member having two spaced sides, one of said sides being longer than the other and having a finger element extending inwardly to said one side but spaced therefrom for forming an opening between the free end of said finger element and the free end of said one side to receive the web of said second struc tural member therebetween, and means positionable in the slot of said hollow first structural member for securing said device to said first structural member and drawing said spaced free ends thereof together to frict-ionally engage said web of said second structural member on opposite surfaces thereof.
2. In combination, a first structural member having a slot provided therein, a second structural member spaced from said first structural member and having a web with an arcuate surface in engagement with said first structural member, and an offset attachment device for securing said first structural member to said second structural member at various degrees of angularity, said device including a third structural member having two spaced sides, one of said sides being longer than the other and having an element extending inwardly to said one side but spaced therefrom for forming an opening between the free end of said element and free end of said one side to receive the web of said second structural member therebetween, and means positionable in the slot of said first structural member for securing said device to said first structural member and drawing said spaced free ends thereof together to frictionally engage the web of said second structural member on opposite surfaces thereof.
3. 'In combination, -a first structural member having a slot provided therein, a second structural member spaced from said first structural member and having a web with an arcuate outer surface in engagement with said first structural member, and an offset attachment clip device for securing said first structural member to said second structural member at various degrees of 'angu-larity, said device including a third structural member of substantially U-shape having two substantially spaced sides, one of said sides being longer than the other and having a finger extending inwardly to said one side but spaced therefrom for receiving the arcuate shaped web of said second structural member between said spaced sides, and adjustable means positionable in the slot of said first strucaways? a total member for securing said device to said first structural member and forcing said spaced sides thereof together so as to engage the Web of said second structural member on opposite surfaces thereof.
4. In combination, a rail member having a slot provided therein, a post member of I-shape cross section spaced from said rail member and having a web with an arcuate outer surface in contact engagement with said rail member, and an offset attachment clip device for securing said rail member to said post member at various degrees of angularity, said device including a structural member having two substantially spaced sides, one of said sides being longer than the other and having a finger extending inwardly to said one side but spaced therefrom for receiving a web of said post member between said spaced sides, and means positionable in said slot of said rail member for securing said device to said rail member and drawing said spaced sides thereof together so as to engage the web of said post member on opposite surfaces thereof.
'5. In combination, rail member of substantially rectangular cross section having a slot extending lengthwise thereof and a post member of 'I-shape cross section spaced from said rail member and having a Web with an arcuate surface of said web in engagement with said rail memher, and an offset attachment clip device for securing rail member to said post member at various degrees of singularity, said device including a structural member having two substantially spaced sides, one of said sides being longer than the other and having a finger extending inwardly to said one side but spaced therefrom for receiving the Web of said post member between said spaced sides, and means positionable in the slot of said rail member for securing said device to said rail member and drawing said spaced sides thereof together so as to engage the web of said post member on opposite surfaces thereof.
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1. IN COMBINATION, A HOLLOW FIRST STRUCTURAL MEMBER HAVING A SLOT EXTENDING LENGHTWISE THEREIN AND A SECOND STRUCTURAL MEMBER SPACED FROM SAID FIRST STRUCTURAL MEMBER AND HAVING A WEB WITH AN ARCUATE SHAPE IN CONTACT ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID HOLLOW FIRST STRUCTURAL MEMBER AND AN OFFSET ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR SECURING SAID FIRST STRUCTURAL MEMBER TO SAID SECOND STRUCTURAL MEMBER AT VARIOUS DEGREES OF ANGULARITY, SAID DEVICE CONSISTING OF A STRUCTURAL MEMBER HAVING TWO SPACED SIDES, ONE OF SAID SIDES BEING LONGER THAN THE OTHER AND HAVING A FINGER ELEMENT EXTENDING INWARDLY TO SAID ONE SIDE BUT SPACED THEREFROM FOR FORMING AN OPENING BETWEEN THE FREE END OF SAID FINGER ELEMENT AND THE FREE END OF SAID ONE SIDE TO RECEIVE THE WEB OF SAID SECOND STRUCTURAL MEMBER THEREBETWEEN, AND MEANS POSITIONABLE IN THE SLOT OF SAID HOLLOW FIRST STRUCTURAL MEMBER FOR SECURING SAID DEVICE TO SAID FIRST STRUCTURAL MEMBER AND DRAWING SAID SPACED FREE ENDS THEREOF TOGETHER TO FRICTIONALLY ENGAGE SAID WEB OF SAID SECOND STRUCTURAL MEMBER ON OPPOSITE SURFACES THEREOF.
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