Patent ID: 8366078

Claim:
A privacy system for a fence comprising a plurality of privacy inserts and a locking member, said plurality of privacy inserts being insertable into said locking member, said privacy inserts each including an elongated body having a front, face, a rear lace and at least one side; said elongated body including a first end and a second end; said front face having a front notch and said rear face having a rear notch, both of said notches being equally spaced from said first end so that the notches are in alignment with each other, said notches being located at a distance from the first end so as to receive locking tabs of said locking member when the elongated body is inserted into said locking member; said notches having a width (W) less than a width of said elongated body and a height (H); said locking member including a front support, a rear support spaced from said front support, and a connector portion connecting said front support and said rear support, said supports and said connector portion defining it channel within which said elongated body is insertable; each of said front support and said rear support including an inner surface and an outer surface wherein the respective inner surfaces generally face each other; said front support including a first plurality of spaced locking tabs, said first plurality of spaced locking tabs being integrally formed with said front support and extending inwardly; and said rear support including a second plurality of spaced locking tabs, said second plurality of spaced locking tabs being integrally formed with said rear support and extending inwardly, the first plurality of locking tabs on said front support being positioned laterally offset from said second plurality of locking tabs on said rear support; each locking tab of said first and second plurality of spaced locking tabs having a width extending from a first side to a second side of a locking tab and a distance from said first side of one locking tab to said second side of an adjacent locking tab being less than said width (W) of said notches, and said first and second plurality of spaced locking tabs being dimensioned and spaced so that both the front notch and the rear notch of said elongated, body inserted into said locking member receives at least one of said first and second plurality of spaced locking tabs, respectively, and at least one of said front and rear notches receives a plurality of either said first plurality of spaced locking tabs or said second plurality of spaced locking tabs.