Patent ID: 7478797
Filing Date: 2009-01-20
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
1. A fence system, comprising: a fence panel disposed between a plurality of posts, the fence panel including: opposite plastic walls, having opposite facing exterior surfaces, each panel having a top and bottom end defining a height, and a first and second end defining a width; each wall having a grid of intersecting elongated channels formed by inward deflections in the walls to define a plurality of protrusions between channels, the protrusions defining interior facing recesses; and a plurality of discrete physical connections, disposed across the decorative fence panel and formed between the opposite walls by select intersections of the channels of one wall intersecting with transversely oriented channels of the opposite wall, and inward deflections of one wall interesting inward deflections of the opposite wall, forming a plurality of continuous material nodes completely extending between the opposite walls; and the continuous material nodes being staggered, each node extending across only a partial height and width of the panel to define a continuous hollow space between the opposite plastic walls, interconnecting the plurality of recesses, and open across the entire panel extending between the top and bottom ends and between the first and second ends to allow for thermal transfer.