Abstract: A self-raking fence panel (1) comprises a pair of invert, U-shaped rails (30), each having a horizontal central wall (32) with apertures (37) for receiving a plurality of pales (10), a pair of outer side walls (33), and rigid or resilient, integral internal return walls (34, 134) defining downwardly diverging ramped surfaces (40, 135) and a pair of recesses (42, 136) adjacent each aperture. The pales are provided with spring biased pins (20) which are compressed by the ramped surfaces (40, 135) as the pale is pushed up through the respective aperture (37) until the pins lock in the recesses (42, 136). Alternatively, the pales may have rigid pins (26, 143) which urge the return walls (34, 134) outwardly as the pale is raised until the pins enter the recesses. The fence may be supplied as a kit of parts and assembled on site by fixing the rails (30) to the posts (2, 2?), setting the posts in the ground, and then populating the rails with the pales.

Abstract: A self-raking fence panel (1) comprises a pair of invert, U-shaped rails (30), each having a horizontal central wall (32) with apertures (37) for receiving a plurality of pales (10), a pair of outer side walls (33), and rigid or resilient, integral internal return walls (34, 134) defining downwardly diverging ramped surfaces (40, 135) and a pair of recesses (42, 136) adjacent each aperture. The pales are provided with spring biased pins (20) which are compressed by the ramped surfaces (40, 135) as the pale is pushed up through the respective aperture (37) until the pins lock in the recesses (42, 136). Alternatively, the pales may have rigid pins (26, 143) which urge the return walls (34, 134) outwardly as the pale is raised until the pins enter the recesses. The fence may be supplied as a kit of parts and assembled on site by fixing the rails (30) to the posts (2, 2?), setting the posts in the ground, and then populating the rails with the pales.

Abstract: This invention relates to vertical fencing, and in particular to bow-top vertical fencing. According to the invention there is provided vertical fencing comprising a pair of rails and a plurality of tubular bow-top fence members attached thereto, each fence member comprising a pair of interconnected legs, the rails being pivotable relative to the fence members, each leg of a fence member having a connector by which it may be connected to at least one of the rails, and at least one of connectors being movable relative to the longitudinal axis of the fence member. The connector may be a resiliently-biassed projection, or a rivet, for example.

Abstract: This invention relates to vertical fencing, and in particular to self-adjusting vertical tube fencing. According to the invention there is provided vertical fencing comprising a pair of rails and a plurality of fence members attached thereto, the fence members being pivotable relative to the rails, characterised in that the fence members are tubular, and in that each fence member carries a resiliently-biassed projection which is engageable with recess means in one of the rails.

Abstract: In self-adjusting vertical tube fencing, a rail and a method of assembling the fencing are provided. The rail comprises an elongated channel with a top wall and two side walls, each of the side walls being of substantial U-section with an outer part connected to the top wall and an inner inturned part, the top wall having a series of apertures through which respective tubular fence members are fitted. The inturned parts have a notch which can accommodate a fixed peg carried by a fence member. The inturned parts also have an extension adjacent the notch, the extension being provided to permit rotation of the fence member about its longitudinal axis during assembly so that the peg can engage the notch.