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US 12,247,411 · App. 17/886,133 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Picket fence board protectors

Inventor: Matthew Wayne Lemon (The Woodlands, TX)
Assignee: Matthew Wayne Lemon
E04H17/1426
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Patent No.
US 12,247,411
App. No.
17/886,133
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fence protector comprising a box, a plurality of gripping slats, and a plurality of drainage holes. The box further comprising a front face, a back face, a left-side face, a right-side face, a bottom face, an interior side, an exterior side, and a top opening, wherein the top opening is positioned opposite the bottom face and configured to accept picket boards. The plurality of gripping slats is connected to the interior side of the box and configured to grip and hold the picket board to the fence protector. The plurality of drainage holes is positioned in the bottom face of the box and configured to allow water to drain from the fence protector.

Claims (44)

1. A fence protector, comprising:

a box;

a plurality of gripping slats;

the box further comprising a front face, a back face, a left-side face, a right-side face, a flat bottom face, an interior side, an exterior side, and a top opening;

each of the plurality of gripping slats further comprising an attachment side and a gripping side;

the gripping side being positioned opposite the attachment side;

the attachment side connecting to the interior side of the box;

the gripping side being connected to the attachment side by two parallel sides; and

the gripping side configured to cut into a fence picket board at a downward angle toward the bottom face to hold the protector in place.

2. The fence protector of claim 1 , further comprising:

the front face positioned opposite the back face;

the left-side face positioned opposite the right-side face;

the front face being connected to the left-side face and connected to the right-side face; and

the back face being connected to the left-side face and connected to the right-side face

the bottom face being connected to the left-side face, connected to the right-side face, connected to the front face, and connected to the back face.

3. The fence protector of claim 1 , further comprising:

the plurality of gripping slats further comprises of multiple sets of gripping slats;

one of the gripping slats of a set connected to the interior side of the box on the front face; and

another gripping slat of the same set connected to the interior side of the box on the back face; and

the position of the one gripping slat of a set of gripping slats on the back face is positioned across from another gripping slat of the same set on the front face.

4. The fence protector of claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of drainage holes;

the plurality of drainage holes traversing through the bottom face of the box;

at least one spacer; and the at least one spacer positioned on the interior side of the bottom face and configured to be positioned below the fence picket board to allow drainage from the bottom face through the drainage holes.

5. A fence protector, comprising:

a box;

a plurality of gripping slats;

a plurality of drainage holes;

at least one spacer;

the box further comprising a front face, a back face, a left-side face, a right-side face, a flat bottom face, an interior side, an exterior side, and a top opening;

the front face positioned opposite the back face;

the left-side face positioned opposite the right-side face;

the top opening positioned opposite the bottom face;

the plurality of drainage holes traversing through the bottom face of the box;

the at least one spacer positioned on the interior side of the bottom face to allow drainage;

each of the plurality of gripping slats further comprising an attachment side and a gripping side;

the gripping side being positioned opposite the attachment side;

the attachment side connecting to the interior side of the thin-box;

the gripping side being connected to the attachment side by two parallel sides;

the gripping side configured at a downward angle toward the bottom face to cut into a fence picket board to hold the protector in place;

the plurality of gripping slats further comprising multiple sets of gripping slats;

one gripping slat of a set connected to the interior side of the box on the front face;

the other gripping slat of the same set connected to the interior side of the box on the back face;

wherein the position of the one gripping slat of a set of gripping slats on the back face is positioned across from another gripping slat of the same set on the front face.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63289280 · Dec 14, 2021
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