Patent ID: 7334779

Claim:
A rail clip for attaching a fence rail to a fence post, the rail clip comprising: a) a bracket having a rear wall adapted to be mounted to a side wall of the fence post; a semicircular front wall extending outwardly away from the rear wall and being disposed a radial distance away from a center point of the rear wall; and a plurality of characters marked along the front wall of the bracket, each one of the characters representing a differently sized angle; b) a rail connector movably engaged with the front wall of the bracket and being radially slidable therealong; said rail connector having: an arcuate rear wall that is complementary shaped to the front wall of the bracket; an opening formed in the rail connector and aligned along a radius of said front wall; said opening extending through the rail connector to the arcuate rear wall thereof; said opening being adapted to receive an end of the fence rail therein; and an aperture formed in the rear wall of the rail connector and being viewable through said opening; whereby said aperture is alignable over one of the characters on said front wall of the bracket and to thereby orient the rail connector at an angle relative to the rear wall of the bracket that is represented by the one of the characters.