Fences

Claim 1

AN ORNAMENTAL BLOCK TYPE FENCE COMPRISING AN UPRIGHT POST CONSTRUCTED FROM A PLURALITY OF COURSES OF BONDED BRICKS WITH THE BRICKS OF EACH COURSE BEING ARRANGED IN A CONFIGURATION TO DEFINE AN UPRIGHT PASSAGE IN SAID POST, A PLURALITY OF SUPERIMPOSED COURSES OF BLOCKS EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM SAID POST, THE BLOCKS IN EACH COURSE BEING SOLID AND SPACED FROM EACH OTHER WITH THE SPACES IN ADJACENT COURSES BEING STAGGERED TO DEFINE AN ORNAMENTAL FENCE, MEANS RELEASABLY RETAINING THE OVERLAPPING PORTIONS OF THE SOLID BLOCKS IN LOCKED RELATION, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF DEPENDING SOLID PROJECTIONS ON THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF EACH BLOCK, THE TOP SURFACE OF EACH BLOCK HAVING A PAIR OF RECESSES THEREIN WITH EACH RECESS INCLUDING A CONTINUOUS BOTTOM SURFACE, SAID PROJECTIONS AND RECESSES HAVING DOWNWARDLY CONVERGING WALL SURFACES FOR WEDGING INTERFITTING ENGAGEMENT, SAID PROJECTIONS AND RECESSES TOGETHER WITH THE WEIGHT OF TH BLOCKS CONSTITUTING THE SOLE MEANS FOR RETAINING THE BLOCKS LOCKED TOGETHER, A PLURALITY OF CAP SLABS MOUNTED ON THE UPPERMOST COURSE OF BLOCKS, EACH OFF SAID SLABS HAVING DEPENDING PERIPHERAL EDGE LIPS, AND LIPS HAVING DOWNWARDLY DIVERGING INNER SURFACES FOR RETAINING THE SLABS CENTERED ON THE BLOCKS, A BASE SLAB UNDERLYING SAID POST AND BLOCKS, AND ANCHOR MEMBER ANCHORED TO SAID BASE SLAB AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY THROUGH THE PASSAGE IN THE POST, A CAP STONE ON SAID POST, AND MEANS ANCHORING THE CAP STONE TO SAID ANCHOR MEMBER FOR RETAINING THE POST ASSEMBLED IN UPRIGHT CONDITION, SAID LAST NAMED MEANS INCLUDING A VERTICAL PASSAGE IN THE CAP STONE RECEIVING THE UPPER END OF SAID ANCHOR MEMBER, A TRANSVERSE PASSAGE IN THE CAP STONE COMMUNICATING WITH THE VERTICAL PASSAGE AND A LOCKING MEMBER EXTENDING THROUGH THE TRANSVERSE PASSAGE AND SAID ANCHOR MEMBER FOR LOCKING THE CAP STONE TO SAID ANCHOR MEMBER, AND CEMENT PLUGS IN EACH END OF THE TRANSVERSE PASSAGE AND IN THE UPPER END OF THE VERTICAL PASSAGE FOR CONCEALING SAID ANCHOR AND LOCKING MEMBERS.