Patent ID: 7048259
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: E04F,E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fence-rail securing assembly for securing a fence rail to a fence rail support, said securing assembly comprising: a bracket member configured and adapted to be attached to a first side of the rail support for receiving a free end of the rail thereupon such that a portion of the bracket member resides beneath a lower side of the rail and such that said free end of the rail faces said first side of the rail support, and said bracket member is open such that an upper side of the rail is free from being bounded by said bracket member; and a securing means for securing the rail to the bracket member, wherein said securing means comprises a pin member that is slidable through a plurality of openings formed in the bracket member and also through a plurality of openings in the rail, when said openings in the bracket member and rail are all disposed in alignment with one another, said pin member being characterized by an absence of male threads formed thereon; wherein the bracket member comprises side supports; and wherein said side supports each comprise a contacting face configured and positioned to face the first side of the rail support when the bracket member is attached to the rail support and the rail is secured to the bracket member, and wherein said side supports further comprise a plurality of through-bores extending through said contacting face to thereby face the first side of the rail support when the bracket member is attached to said rail support, for receiving fasteners to attach said bracket member to said fence rail support.