Patent Application
20200318383
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The disclosure relates to fence rail devices and more particularly pertains to a new fence rail device for facilitating construction and enhancing durability of a fence construction.
The prior art relates to fence rail devices.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a rail elongated between a first end and a second end. The rail has an outer wall having a top section, a pair of side sections, and a bottom section defining a hollow interior. The slot extends through the bottom section. A plurality of cross walls includes a top cross wall, a middle cross wall, and a bottom cross wall defining a top interior space, a bottom interior space, an upper middle interior space, and a lower middle interior space within the rail. Each of a pair of lower interior walls extends between the bottom section and the bottom cross wall proximate to a respective one of the side sections. Each of a pair of medial interior walls extends between the bottom cross wall and the lower middle cross wall.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
Each of a plurality of cross walls 30 is planar. Each of the cross walls 30 extends between the side sections 24. The plurality of cross walls 30 includes a top cross wall 32, a middle cross wall 34, and a bottom cross wall 36. The top cross wall 32 is spaced from the top section 22 of the outer wall 18 to define a top interior space 40 within the outer wall 18. The bottom cross wall 36 is spaced from the bottom section 26 to define a bottom interior space 42. The middle cross wall 34 is positioned between the top cross wall 32 and the bottom cross wall 36 to define an upper middle interior space 44 above the middle cross wall 34 and a lower middle interior space 46 below the middle cross wall 34. The middle cross wall 34 is positioned closer to the bottom cross wall 38 than to the top cross wall 32. A distance between the top cross wall 32 and the top section 22 is less than a distance between the bottom cross wall 36 and the bottom section 26.
Each of a pair of lower interior walls 48 is coupled to and extends between the bottom section 26 and the bottom cross wall 36. Each of the lower interior walls 48 is positioned proximate to a respective one of the side sections 24. Each of the lower interior walls 48 is aligned with and defines a respective lateral side 50 of the slot 28. Each of a pair of medial interior walls 52 is coupled to and extends between the bottom cross wall 36 and the middle cross wall 34. A distance between the medial interior walls 52 is less than a distance between the lower interior walls 48.
Each of a pair of upper grooves 56 extends into a respective one of the side sections 24 of the outer wall 18 of the rail 12. Similarly, a pair of lower grooves 58 extends into a respective one of the side sections 24 of the outer wall 18 of the rail 12. Each of the side sections 24 has a constant thickness wherein each of the upper grooves 56 defines a corresponding upper interior ridge 60 within the hollow interior 20 and each of the lower grooves 58 defines a corresponding lower interior ridge 62 within the hollow interior 20. Each of the upper interior ridges 60 is coplanar with the top cross wall 32. Each of the lower interior ridges 62 is positioned coplanar with the bottom cross wall 36.
Each of a pair of dividers 68 is coupled to and extends between a respective one of the lower interior walls 48 and a respective one of the side sections 24 to divide the bottom interior space 42 on opposite sides of the slot 28 into respective upper portions 66 and lower portions 70.
Each of a pair of upper slot ridges 72 extends from a respective one of the lower interior walls 48 into the slot 28. Each of a pair of lower slot ridges 74 extends from a respective one of the lower interior walls 48 into the slot 28 spaced and parallel to the upper slot ridges 72.
In use, the described positional relationships and structures enhance stiffness and connection of the rail 12 to end supports 76. The rail 12 is one of a pair of rails 12 having the same structure as described above. The slot 28 of one rail 12 receives and covers the top 78 of panels 80. The fence rail device 10 is described above in the orientation for a top rail position. A second rail 12 is used and is inverted as shown at the bottom of
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
