Fence

Claim 2

A fence comprising a multiplicity of interfitting elements each comprising an upright formed with at least one tenon rigid therewith and extending at right angles therefrom at one side of the upright, each upright being formed with a socket on an opposite side thereof complementary to the free end of said tenon, and means on each tenon and socket forming a snap fitting whereby assembly of said uprights with each tenon received in a socket of a neighboring upright defines a panel adapted to be supported on the ground, said panel having an end element free from any tenon, said sockets and said tenons of said panel defining throughgoing passages within a substantially continuous tube formed upon assembly of said uprights into said panel.

Claim 3

The fence defined in claim 1 wherein two such tenons are provided along one side of each upright and each upright has two such sockets along its side opposite said tenons and aligned therewith.

Claim 4

The fence defined in claim 1 wherein said means defining said snap fitting includes a deflectible tongue on each tenon and a recess in a wall of each socket adapted to receive said tongue.

Claim 5

The fence defined in claim 1 wherein each upright and its tenons is molded unitarily from a plastic material.

Claim 6

The fence defined in claim 4 wherein alternating elements of said panel are of different color.

Claim 7

A fence comprising a multiplicity of interfitting elements each comprising an upright formed with at least one tenon rigid therewith and extending at right angles therefrom at one side of the upright, each upright being formed with a socket on an opposite side thereof complementary to the free end of said tenon, and means on each tenon and socket forming a snap fitting whereby assembly of said uprights with each tenon received in a socket of a neighboring upright defines a panel adapted to be supported on the ground, said panel having an end element free from any tenon, each of said uprights having in front elevational view the appearance of a flat elongated sheet comprising U-section relief portions along the longitudinal edges of said sheet, said tenons being of U-cross-sectional contour.

Claim 8

A fence comprising a multiplicity of interfitting elements each comprising an upright formed with at least one tenon rigid therewith and extending at right angles therefrom at one side of the upright, each upright being formed with a socket on an opposite side thereof complementary to the free end of said tenon, and means on each tenon and socket forming a snap fitting whereby assembly of said uprights with each tenon received in a socket of a neighboring upright defines a panel adapted to be supported on the ground, said panel having an end element free from any tenon, each of said uprights having in front elevational view the appearance of a flat elongated sheet comprising U-section relief portions along the longitudinal edges of said sheet, said tenons being of U-cross-sectional contour.

Claim 9

The fence defined in claim 6 wherein the end of a tenon extends through apertures provided to this end in the two sides of one of the two U-shaped relief portions of the adjacent element, as well as in one side of the other one of said two portions, the tenon end comprising a boss for the detent-positioning thereof which is adapted to engage the other side of said last-named U-shaped relief portions, the detent-positioning action being caused by the mutual engagement of said boss with the edge of the flat sheet of said upright.

Claim 10

The fence defined in claim 7 wherein the cavities provided for receiving said tenons are bounded by two flat parallel sheets disposed ahead of the flat sheet of each upright but behind its U-shaped relief portions, when viewing the elements from the front.

Claim 11

The fence defined in claim 6 wherein each one of the interfitting elements comprises at least one pair of holes permitting the fastening thereof by means of iron wire to pickets driven in the ground.

Claim 12

The fence defined in claim 9 wherein the end of each tenon comprises a pair of holes, another pair of holes being formed in the flat sheet portion of each upright so as to register with the first holes in the assembled conditions of said elements.