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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1998
Peter McCarthy, Woodbridge, CA;
Royal Group Technologies Limited, Woodbridge, US;
Abstract
A fence section comprising at least two elongated parallel hollow plastic fence rails having a series of registering apertures in opposing walls thereof to provide a series of picket receiving, passages therethrough spaced along and perpendicular to their length. A plurality of plastic pickets are inserted through the rail passages with the pickets in line along the length of the rails. Each picket has a passageway therethrough located within the rails. An elongated metal reinforcing and locking member is located within and slidable longitudinally of the rails to project through the aligned picket passageways to lock the pickets from removal from the rails while reinforcing the rails.