Patent ID: 7032890

Claim:
An apparatus including a section of fence, the section of a fence comprising: a top rail having a bottom side with a plurality of picket apertures; a bottom rail having a top side with a plurality of member apertures; a plurality of pickets having a top and a bottom placed between the top rail and bottom rail, the top of each picket inserted into one picket aperture of the top rail and the bottom resting upon the bottom rail; a plurality of picket strengthening members, each strengthening member extending from the top of a picket to the bottom of the picket and into a member aperture of the bottom rail; the top rail being supported from within by the top of at least one of the plurality of pickets; the bottom rail being elongated and comprising a cavity extending along the length of the bottom rail; a reinforcing member comprising a horizontal and substantially planar segment extending through the bottom rail; and an end of each of the plurality of picket strengthening members resting upon, but being not fastened to, the reinforcing member.