Patent ID: 9695612
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: E04H

Claim:
1. A fence comprising: one or more horizontal rails, each of the one or more horizontal rails having one or more apertures extending through the one or more horizontal rails; one or more vertical pickets, each of the one or more vertical pickets passing through the one or more apertures, each of the one or more vertical pickets having one or more openings and having one or more walls; and one or more retaining elements fixed within the one or more horizontal rails against sliding longitudinal movement within the one or more vertical pickets, each of the one or more retaining elements having a base portion and one or more protrusions, the one or more protrusions engaged with the one or more openings in the one or more vertical pickets to secure the one or more vertical pickets to the one or more horizontal rails; whereby the one or more vertical pickets are fixed against vertical and horizontal movement relative to the one or more horizontal rails, and rotatable relative to the one or more horizontal rails.