Patent ID: 8152141

Claim:
A fencing system comprising: a plurality of stakes configured to be driven into the ground, each said stake including a projecting member having an outer first diameter configured to project above the ground when the stake is driven into the ground; a plurality of posts, each said post having an outer diameter and a recess in a lower distal end thereof, each recess having an internal second diameter greater than the first diameter, any one of said projecting members slidably, interchangeably inserting into and being frictionally and removably retained by said recess of any one of said posts; and a plurality of structural fencing components, each said fencing component including a vertical element disposed at at least one side edge thereof and a pair of axially aligned post attachment collars, one of said post attachment collars being disposed at a first upper position on said vertical element and the other said post attachment collar disposed at a second lower position on said vertical element, said post attachment collars each having an annular opening therethrough with an internal third diameter larger than said outer diameter of each said post, said fencing components slidably, rotatably, removably and interchangeably attaching to said posts to thereby connect adjacent structural fencing components to each other while allowing said fencing components to be rotationally adjusted relative to said post; wherein said stakes are configured to be inserted at a plurality of selected locations in the ground, and said adjacent fencing components are aligned such that said openings of said post attachment collars of said adjacent fencing components are axially aligned and a selected one of said posts is downwardly inserted through said aligned post attachment collars onto said projecting member of a selected one of said stakes; said structural fencing components being chosen from the group consisting of interchangeable base units, interchangeable gate units and interchangeable end units.