Patent ID: 7165760

Claim:
A retaining-locking system for chain link fence slats, comprising: a plurality of fence slat elements, said slat elements being sized and shaped to be interwoven between consecutive links of a chain link fence; each of said slat elements having a first end, a second end, a front surface, a back surface, a first side edge, a second side edge and a notch orthogonally oriented to a long axis of said slat, being disposed between said first end and said second end and extending inwardly from said front surface toward said back surface for a first predetermined distance; a retaining-locking strip, said strip being formed of resilient material, having a first end, a second end, an inner surface, an outer surface, an upper edge, a lower edge and at least one securing protrusion; said securing protrusion having a base, a back surface, an upper surface, a lower surface and being sized and shaped to fit slidably within said notch and being disposed upon said outer surface of said strip; and whereby, when said slat elements are interwoven into between consecutive links of a chain link fence with each of said notches aligned with one another, said retaining-locking strip inserted between said slat elements and said links, oriented orthogonally to said slats with said securing protrusion disposed within said slats, said strip will urge said slats toward said links, thereby retaining said slats within said chain link fence.