Patent ID: 6752386
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A picket and rail fence comprising:rails for a picket and rail fence, each rail provided with an open bottom, an upwardly extending lip extending into the open bottom of each rail from a bottom of each side of the rail, and a top of the rail provided with equally spaced apart picket openings extending through the rail along the entire length of the rail, pickets for a picket and rail fence, each picket provided with indentations along one side of the picket at locations where the picket is to attach to rails, each picket inserted into the picket openings in the rails so that each picket extends through at least two rails and so that the indented sides of all pickets face toward one side of its associated rail, sliding lock bars for movably securing together the pickets and rails for a picket and rail fence, each bar provided with one ridge provided along the length of the bar, a sliding lock bar inserted through each rail so that the ridge is received in the indentations of the pickets to movable secure the pickets to the rails, and the sliding lock bar captured between the indented side of the pickets and one side of the rail and between the top of the rail and one of the upwardly extending lips of the rail to secure the sliding lock bar within the rail.