APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS FOR MODIFYING FENCE

摘要

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for an improved barriers and fence systems, including a supplemental panel for fences or gates or the like, alone and or in combination with such pre-existing fences/gates or similar elements. The supplemental panel can be fabricated using relatively cost-effective materials and processes, and effectively reduces the space or gaps between generally vertical pickets and/or horizontal elements on an existing fence/gate/etc., and is readily mounted and racked into generally parallel alignment with those existing generally vertical pickets, and the mounting can be independent of the racking function/structure (such as by bending the added vertical picket elements at a selected/provided location on each added picket). The added vertical elements can be low-visibility and selectively spaced laterally to fit aesthetically between the existing pickets.

主权项

1. A supplemental fence apparatus including:
at least one generally horizontal rail; a plurality of generally vertical pickets affixed to the at least one rail, the pickets being formed with a bendable portion near the upper end of each picket, said bendable portion permitting racking of the pickets into an orientation generally parallel with each other but at an angle other than 90 degrees to the horizontal rail; and a plurality of attachment components selectably positioned along the assembled vertical pickets and the at least one horizontal rail.