Patent ID: 6902152

Claim:
An adjustable fence rail supporting and positioning assembly, said assembly comprising: a) a slotted member, said slotted member containing a plurality of uniformly-sized and uniformly-shaped non-vertical slots spaced at regular intervals along a length of said slotted member and horizontally disposed through said slotted member; b) a bracket member, said bracket member including: i) a handle portion; ii) a first slot-engaging portion detachably insertable into a first slot among said plurality of slots, said first slot-engaging portion including an L-shaped tab disposed inwardly and upwardly away from a lower remainder of said bracket member, said first slot-engaging portion terminating at an upper end of said bracket member; iii) a second slot-engaging portion detachably insertable into a second slot among said plurality of slots, said second slot-engaging portion being spaced at a predetermined distance from said first slot-engaging portion such that said second slot-engaging portion may be detachably inserted into said second slot while said first slot-engaging portion occupies said first slot, said second slot-engaging portion including an inverted L-shaped tab disposed inwardly and downwardly away from an upper remainder of said bracket member, said second slot-engaging portion terminating at a lower end of said bracket member; iv) a fence rail contacting portion having a fence rail contacting surface thereon; and wherein said bracket member detachably connects to said slotted member and clasps, supports and positions a fence rail against said slotted member, without puncturing, damaging or defacing said fence rail, at a user-selected, user-modifiable elevation and at a user-selected, user-modifiable angle.