Patent ID: 7090201

Claim:
A fence system comprising: at least two spaced tubular vertical support members, each of said vertical support members having side walls and at least two vertically spaced holes in at least one side wall thereof; rail connectors configured to be received and retained in each of said holes in said vertical support members, each of said connectors including: a receiver end, said receiver end having shoulders that contact an outer surface of said side wall of said vertical support members and extends outwardly from said side wall of said support members when said connector is assembled therewith, an opposing pair of retention clips extending from a rear surface of said receiver end, said opposing pair of retention clips configured to extend into said hole in said sidewall of said vertical support member and cooperate to engage said sidewall to retain said rail connector in said assembled relation, and an opposing pair of guide pins extending from a rear surface of said receiver end, said opposing pair of guide pins contacting opposite sides of said hole, said opposing pair of guide pins configured and arranged to prevent said rail connector from rotating relative to said vertical support member; at least two horizontal rails, each of said rails having a first end and a second end, each of said ends of said rails having openings therein, said openings configured to be frictionally received and retained by said receiver end of said rail connectors and a linear groove extending between said first and second ends of each of said horizontal rails; and a fence panel having a top and bottom edge, said fence panel extending between and supported by said spaced horizontal rails, wherein said top and bottom edges are received and retained in said grooves in said horizontal rails, wherein said at least two horizontal rails are supported in parallel spaced relation between said at least two vertical support members.