Patent ID: 7341242

Claim:
A fence system which can be erected on site and comprising; at least two transverse rails of metallic material, each of said transverse rails defining a hollow interior, and an inverted channel shaped section, defining an upper side and with resilient hook portions extending downwardly, having an open side oriented downwardly along an entire length of each rail, a plurality of spaced apart through baluster openings in at least one of said transverse rails, said through baluster openings being formed through said upper side of said at least one transverse rail; a plurality of vertical baluster members, extending through said plurality of spaced apart baluster openings in said at least one of said transverse rails and interengaged with the transverse rails, with said vertical baluster members extending through said open side of said transverse rail through said through baluster openings therein, and, a plurality of interconnecting devices, each attachable to a vertical baluster member and which snap fit with the resilient hook portions of the transverse rails, so that the vertical baluster members can be connected with the transverse rails at spaced intervals, with the interconnecting devices entirely contained within said hollow interiors of said transverse rails, said interconnecting devices for fastening the vertical baluster members to the transverse rails defining through openings registering with said through baluster openigs in said transverse rail and through which said vertical baluster members extend, said interconnecting devices being entirely contained within said open sided channels of said transverse rails, so that said vertical baluster members protrude through said at least one transverse rail, and, fastenings for fastening said vertical baluster members within said interconnecting.