Solar absorber fence system

Abstract

A fence system whereby the fence pickets are hollow and made of clear material such as plastic or glass. The pickets are constructed to act as solar absorbers and warm air convects up the pickets to a top rail where the air is conveyed to a space to be heated. Cold air in shaded pickets is restrained from entering the top rail by means of baffles or heat exchanger.

1 . A fence system that has a second, either primary or secondary, purpose as a solar heat absorber system comprising: Solar heat absorbers that allow heat to flow to a space to be heated, and rely on convection to convey heated air into a top rail instead of blowing air through the absorbers via a bottom rail. 
   
   
       2 . The system of  claim 1  whereby the solar absorbers allow air to flow directly into a top rail, and the air flow is directed with a baffle either in the absorber tube or in the top rail and/or a constriction in the absorber tube. 
   
   
       3 . The system of  claim 1  whereby the air flow from the solar absorbers to the top rail is blocked and heat is conducted to the top rail via a heat exchanger.