Modular fence panel

Abstract

A fence panel formed from at least two modules aligned in a vertical plane with an elongate connecting member which is engaged with upper and lower adjacent peripheral horizontally extending components of the respective modules.

1 - 11 . (canceled) 
     
     
         12 . A fence panel comprising:
 upper and lower, vertically coplanar, mesh panel modules with horizontally extending, adjacent, parallel, elongate rods at a lower end of the upper module and at an upper end of the lower module respectively; and   an elongate connecting member which is engageable, only with a sliding action in a longitudinal direction of the connecting member, with at least one of the elongate rods, the connecting member including at least one undercut channel in which the elongate rod is located.   
     
     
         13 . The fence panel according to  claim 12 , wherein each elongate rod has a diameter D, and the connecting member further comprises:
 an elongate body with a base,   a web on one side of the base,   a crosspiece opposing the base and extending from the web, the crosspiece including a first section which forms, on a first side of the web, an undercut channel with a maximum internal cross-sectional dimension greater than 2D, and wherein a mouth to the channel has a width greater than D and less than 2D.   
     
     
         14 . The fence panel according to  claim 13 , wherein the crosspiece further comprises a second section, on a second side of the web opposing the first side of the web, and which forms an undercut channel with a maximum internal cross-sectional dimension greater than 2D, and wherein a mouth to the channel has a width greater than D and less than 2D. 
     
     
         15 . The fence panel according to  claim 13 , wherein the crosspiece further comprises a second section, on a second side of the web opposing the first side of the web, and which opposes a portion of the base thereby to form a channel with a maximum internal cross-sectional dimension greater than 2D, and wherein a mouth of the channel has a width greater than 2D. 
     
     
         16 . The fence panel according to  claim 12 , wherein each mesh panel comprises a respective mesh sheet formed from a first array of elongate rods and a second array of elongate rods which transversely overlie and are secured to the first array of rods at locations at which the respective rods contact one another, and where the connecting member is engageable with a peripherally located first elongate rod of the first array in the upper module and with a peripherally located second elongate rod of the first array in the lower module, and the first elongate rod is adjacent and parallel to the second elongate rod. 
     
     
         17 . The fence panel according to  claim 16 , wherein ends of the elongate rods in the second array of each module, which are respectively adjacent the first elongate rod, and the second elongate rod, are engaged, together with the first and second elongate rods, with the connecting member. 
     
     
         18 . The fence panel according to  claim 17 , wherein the connecting member comprises an elongate body with the undercut channel within which the first elongate rod or the second elongate rod extends in a longitudinal direction and adjacent transverse portions of the elongate rods in the second array extend through formations which are provided at intervals along the length of the elongate body.