Patent ID: 6443433
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
A fence system, for creating a fence using T-bars, wherein the T-bars form horizontal rails and vertical posts of the fence, comprising:a plurality of connectors, each connector having at least two V-channels which meet at right angles, each V-channel having a pair of sides, a vertex which adjoins the sides, and an open end, the sides of said V-channel each having a plurality of bolt mounting holes extending therethrough adjacent to the vertex of said V-channel, the V-channels sized to accommodate the T-bars therein, such that the T-bars are secured therein to connect the horizontal rails and vertical posts of the fence; a plurality of clamping mechanisms, each of the clamping mechanisms extend across the open end of one of the V-channels and fasten to the sides of said V-channel to maintain one of the T-bars securely therein, each clamping mechanism having a pair of J-bolts and a cross plate, wherein each J-bolt has a head on one end and a threaded portion at an opposite end therefrom, and the cross plate has two cross plate bores extending therethrough at substantially opposite ends of said cross plate; wherein to secure the T-bar, the J-bolt extends through one of the bolt mounting holes with the head of said J-bolt resting inside said V-channel, the threaded end of said bolt extends through one of the holes in the cross plate, and is fastened tightly against said cross plate with a nut, such that the cross plate is thereby held tightly against the T-bar extending in said V-channel.