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EP 0282269 B1 19910123 - FENCES

Title (en)

FENCES

Publication

EP 0282269 B1 19910123 (EN)

Application

EP 88302021 A 19880309

Priority

GB 8705655 A 19870310

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0282269A2] A fence comprising a series of prefabricated timber panels 12 erected between vertical metal posts 10 providing opposite vertical channels, each panel comprising upright boards 16 attached by single nails 9 to horizontal rails 13. The panels are secured in position by horizontal dowel pins 20 passed through holes in the steel posts into sockets at the ends of the horizontal rails 13. No other fixings are required.

IPC 1-7

E04H 17/14

IPC 8 full level

E01F 8/00 (2006.01); E01F 9/011 (2006.01); E04H 17/16 (2006.01); E04H 17/20 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

E01F 8/0023 (2013.01 - EP); E01F 9/685 (2016.02 - EP); E04H 17/168 (2013.01 - EP); E04H 17/20 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES FR GB IT NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0282269 A2 19880914; EP 0282269 A3 19881214; EP 0282269 B1 19910123; DE 3861598 D1 19910228; ES 2021141 B3 19911016; GB 8705655 D0 19870415

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 88302021 A 19880309; DE 3861598 T 19880309; ES 88302021 T 19880309; GB 8705655 A 19870310