US 12,134,910 B1
Device and fencing system for canine containment
Michael S Gould, Setauket, NY (US)
Assigned to BITE ME ENTERPRISES, INC., Port Jefferson, NY (US)
Filed by BITE ME ENTERPRISES, INC., Port Jefferson Station, NY (US)
Filed on May 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/826,778.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/194,594, filed on May 28, 2021.
Int. Cl. E04H 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 17/004 (2021.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device configured for installation on a fence panel of a fence comprising a plurality of posts with fence panels therebetween for canine containment, the device comprising:
a pair of brackets, each bracket including a mounting portion configured for mounting on an upper end of a fence panel and a support plate extending upward from the mounting portion;
two pins extending perpendicularly from a first side of the support plate of each bracket, the two pins including an upper pin and a lower pin aligned in a vertical plane;
two parallel plates extending vertically outward from a second side of the support plate opposite the first side and forming a slot therebetween;
a blocking panel removably positioned between the second sides of adjacent brackets and engaged within the slots thereof substantially above one of the posts of the fence; and
two hollow cylindrical rods positioned between the pair of brackets with the first side of the support plate of each bracket in the pair facing each other, wherein each end of an upper one of the two hollow cylindrical rods is rotatably mounted onto the upper pin of each bracket, and each end of a lower one of the two hollow cylindrical rods is rotatably mounted onto the lower pin of each bracket,
wherein the pair of brackets with the two hollow cylindrical rods mounted therebetween form a unit configured to place atop a fence panel intact and fixed thereto.