Patent ID: 7168688

Claim:
A fence section, comprising: a post; upper and lower brackets, each of the brackets having a post mounting plate secured to one side of the post and at least one rail mounting plate extending forward from the post mounting plate; upper and lower rails, each of the rails having a pair of sidewalls extending from a base section, the sidewalls being parallel to each other and perpendicular to the base section, each of the rails having a ledge extending inward from and transverse to each of the sidewalls and a skirt depending from each of the ledges in a direction away from the base section, the skirts being parallel to each other and to the sidewalls, but spaced more closely to each other than the sidewalls, defining an elongated slot extending along the length of each of the rails; the upper rail having an end secured to the rail mounting plate of the upper bracket and the lower rail having an end secured to the rail mounting plate of the lower bracket, the upper and lower rails being inverted relative to each other, with their elongated slots facing each other; a panel having an upper edge that fits within the slot of the upper rail and a lower edge that fits within the slot of the lower rail; wherein: at least a portion of each of the rail mounting plates is parallel to the sidewalls and in flush contact with an interior surface of one of the sidewalls of each of the rails; each of the rail mounting plates has a hole that aligns with a hole in said one of the sidewalls of each of the rails, defining a mating aperture for receiving a fastener; and one of the holes of each of the mating apertures is elongated and inclined relative to an axis of the post to enable the rails to be mounted to the post at angles other than 90 degrees.