Postless Fence Panels with Transverse Connecting Elements
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional fences with posts create visual discontinuity, increase manufacturing and transportation costs, and require specific installation, limiting adaptability and aesthetics.
Innovation Solution
A postless fence system using lattice panels made from wires, connected by smaller transverse panels and anchoring means, allowing panels to be connected perpendicularly and anchored directly to the support surface, eliminating the need for posts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If posts are used to support fence panels, then the panels can be maintained in an upright position, but visual continuity is broken and manufacturing and transportation costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts and removes the posts from the traditional fence structure, replacing them with panel self-support mechanisms. The panels are designed to interlock and support each other without requiring separate post elements, thereby eliminating visual discontinuity and reducing structural complexity while maintaining upright position stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the support function previously performed by separate posts into the panels themselves. The panels are designed with integrated support features that allow them to mutually support each other in an upright position, combining the panel and support functions into a single integrated system.
2Ease of manufacture
If posts are added to panels for transport, then the fence can be assembled, but the weight and size of transported material increase
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the posts from the transported materials, sending only the panels for transport. The panels arrive pre-designed with integrated support features, eliminating the need to transport separate post components and reducing overall transported weight and size.
Solution Approach 2:
The panels are designed to be self-sufficient, containing all necessary support features within their own structure. This self-service design eliminates the need for separate posts that would otherwise need to be transported and assembled, reducing transported material while maintaining assembly capability.
3Reliability
If posts are used with specific manufacture and installation, then the fence structure is complete, but the cost of the fence increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the support function into the panels themselves, eliminating the need for separate post manufacturing and installation processes. This integration reduces the total number of components and assembly steps, thereby reducing manufacturing costs while maintaining structural completeness and reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts the posts from the fence system, removing the need for their specific manufacture and installation. The panels are designed to provide all necessary support functions, eliminating the cost associated with post production and installation while maintaining complete and reliable fence structure.
4Device complexity
If panels are connected with connecting elements, then the panels can be assembled without posts, but the complexity of connection mechanism increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention introduces connecting elements as intermediaries between panels to enable postless assembly. These connecting elements serve as mediators that join panels together while maintaining structural integrity, allowing the fence to be assembled without posts while managing connection complexity through standardized intermediary components.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a wire mesh system for constructing a postless fence intended to be erected on a support surface along the longitudinal axis (X) of the fence. This system comprises a set of mesh panels (1, 2) made from rigid, metallic or non-metallic, woven or welded wires (10, 20), connecting elements (3) for joining the panels together, and anchoring means (5) for securing the fence to the support surface. The assembly consists of at least one fence panel (1) designed to extend along an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fence and at least one smaller connecting panel (2) designed to transversely connect one or two adjacent fence panels (1) that are offset transversely from each other. The invention also relates to a postless fence using such a system.