Patent ID: 7207551
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
1. A privacy panel system for a preexisting ornamental fence, said privacy panel system comprising: a plurality of vertical fence pickets, each having parallel front and back faces, disposable between a pair of vertical posts of said fence; a set of privacy panels, each panel having a width greater than the spacing between adjacent fence pickets and a length substantially greater than the width, each said panel being opaque and made of a plastics material, each said panel having a single planar central section and a pair of attachment wings, each of which are integral with said central section through a transition section, said attachment wings parallel to said planar central section and offset therefrom a distance less than the distance between the front and back faces of the pickets so that the planar central section is recessed from the front faces of the pickets, said planar central section width not greater than the spacing between adjacent pickets so as to fit therewithin and wherein the attachment wings of adjacent panels may overlap each other and are affixable to the pickets; an elongated trim piece having a length substantially equal to the length of said privacy panels, said trim piece being opaque and made of a plastics material, said trim-piece having a first edge defining a slot having a slot gap substantially equal to the thickness of said privacy panel to enable a free edge of a central section of said privacy panel to be tightly retained within said slot, said trim piece further comprising an integral trim piece attachment flange.