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Fence and fence construction
A fence panel comprises stiles and rails wherein one of the rails comprises a friction fit aperture for retaining a portion of a stile, at least one stile has an end portion with a cross section to allow insertion in the aperture without being abraded, i.e. being a clearance fit in the aperture, and the stile end portion transitions by means of a shoulder to a central portion of the stile having a larger cross section than the end portion and the largest which can be readily inserted into the friction fit aperture, the shoulder being configured to engage the friction fit aperture via an interference fit to retain the stile in the aperture. The fence panel is constructible by means of a press fit operation of the stiles into rails such that the panel is more corrosion resistant and more adaptable in terms of shape than known fence panels. The stiles and rails are preferably of tubular construction. The stiles are required to possess a shoulder of dimensions such that they engage a friction fit aperture in at least one rail, the shoulder provides a defined point of contact and engagement thus requiring less force in construction, less damage due to abrasion and greater adaptability of the end structure such as to provide fence panels capable of providing vertical stiles and slanted rails so as to accommodate a slope when installed.
Fence and fence construction
A fence panel comprises stiles and rails wherein one of the rails comprises a friction fit aperture for retaining a portion of a stile, at least one stile has an end portion with a cross section to allow insertion in the aperture without being abraded, i.e. being a clearance fit in the aperture, and the stile end portion transitions by means of a shoulder to a central portion of the stile having a larger cross section than the end portion and the largest which can be readily inserted into the friction fit aperture, the shoulder being configured to engage the friction fit aperture via an interference fit to retain the stile in the aperture. The fence panel is constructible by means of a press fit operation of the stiles into rails such that the panel is more corrosion resistant and more adaptable in terms of shape than known fence panels. The stiles and rails are preferably of tubular construction. The stiles are required to possess a shoulder of dimensions such that they engage a friction fit aperture in at least one rail, the shoulder provides a defined point of contact and engagement thus requiring less force in construction, less damage due to abrasion and greater adaptability of the end structure such as to provide fence panels capable of providing vertical stiles and slanted rails so as to accommodate a slope when installed.
Fence and fence construction
VINESH ANILKUMAR KOTECHA (author) / ANDREW BARRY MITCHELL (author)
2022-02-09
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E04H
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