Fences inventions 09/07

20070221901 - Fence plinth: A fence plinth formed from sheet material, which in one embodiment is pre-painted galvanized steel, has spaced apart end margins and is profiled to include stiffening formations that extend along the sheet between the end edge margins. The plinth is ideally suited to be used in conjunction with a fence... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070221902 - Palisade fencing: A palisade fence is described comprising support posts and rails extending between the posts, and pales mounted between the rails. The rails define V-shaped apertures for receiving the pales. The pales are additionally secured to the rails by bolts... Agent: Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP

20070221903 - 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 6 with an alignment aperture 40. A picket 2 has a... Agent: Lundeen & Dickinson, LLP

20070221904 - Gate support device: A support post includes an inner post that supports rotation of an outer post. The inner post includes a journal assembly that supports and facilitates rotation about a central axis. The journal assembly that supports the outer post on the inner post includes a single ball bearing disposed along the... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070215849 - Yielding post guardrail safety system incorporating thrie beam guardrail elements: A guardrail safety system includes a guardrail beam operable to contain and redirect an errant vehicle to prevent the vehicle from leaving a roadway. At least a portion of the guardrail beam includes a thrie beam. A support post is coupled to the guardrail beam and includes a lower portion,... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070215850 - Form fitting fence: A fence system for following the contour of a surface is provided. The system includes a plurality of generally cylindrically shaped slats each having at least one groove and at least one protrusion. The protrusions of each slat is insertable into the grooves of adjacent slats. The slats are movable... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070215851 - Solid barrier system: A solid barrier, sound partition and privacy fence system including a plurality of interconnected fence panels whose ends are adapted to fit to pre-existing fence posts. The ends of the fence panels include attachment structure for releasably securing adjacent fence panels to one another around an existing fence post. The... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070210293 - Fencing device: A fencing device has at least one first fence and at least one second fence adjacent to the first fence, and at least one positioning device. The first fence has an upper block and a lower block respectively formed at an upper end and a lower end thereof, an upper... Agent: Thomas E. Sisson Jackson Walker, LLP

20070210295 - Bracket for an offset fencepost: An offset fencepost system including an offset bracket configured to enable an upper fencepost to be offset relative to a lower fencepost as the upper fencepost extends from the ground. In particular, the offset bracket may be configured such that a lower fencepost may be buried in the ground and... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070210294 - System for mounting a hollow post about a pipe: A system for mounting a hollow post about a pipe features upper and lower mounting devices vertically spaced along the pipe. The lower mounting device is slidable along the pipe to define a height at which the hollow post sits atop a base of the lower mounting device. The lower... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.