US17459A - Method of uniting the panels of portable fences - Google Patents

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C. VAN DE MARK.

Portable Fence.

No. 17,459. Patented June 2, 1857.

ITED STATES PATEN OFFICE.

CHARLES VAN DE MARK, OF OAKS GORNERS, NEW YORK.

METHOD OF UNITING- THE PANELS OF PORTABLE FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 17,459, dated June 2, 1857; Reissued July 10, 1860, No. 1,006.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES VAN DE HARK, of Oaks Corners, in the county of Ontario and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use a new and useful Improvement in Portable or Field Board Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the an neXed drawing, making part of t-his specification, wherein- Figure l is a planof my fence as in place for use and Fig. 2, is a side elevation of the same.

Similar marks of reference denote corresponding parts.

The nature of my said invention consists in constructing panels or trays of boards in such a manner that they shall lock together by means of end pieces, and form, when set in a worm or zig zag shape, a very strong but portable field fence, and one that can be put together with the greatest facility and speed, or removed and packed away into a small compass.

The panels or trays of my fence are formed of uprights or posts c, b, c, and CZ, two or more of which (a and 0,) are slightly longer than the others, to rest on the ground.

e, and f, are the top and bottom rails of the fence passing from the post a, to the locking board (Z.

g, g, g, are intermediate rails of the desired number for the height of the fence. These intermediate rails g do not connect to the end locking board d, but pass from the post c, to a locking board it, which is of a length sufliciently less than the board CZ, to allow t-he same to be entered through the opening between the posts c and d, as the panels are being locked together. The posts at, and d, are on one side of the rails e, f, g, and the posts l) and c, and locking board L on the other, and the parts of each panel are to be securely fastened together at the points of intersection.

It will now be apparent that the successive panels or trays of the fence are to be locked together by inserting the piece h, and projecting rails g through the opening of the next paneLfbetween the posts c, and board d, and swinging the panels around until the locking board L, comes against the post c, and the locking board d comes against the post a, and forms a worm or zig zag fence, andthe locking boards 7L and CZ, drawing tightly against the end posts c, and c, form a iirm and secure fence and one that cannot be removed except by commencing at one end or opening.

I would remark that the panels or trays must be handed, that is to say, the posts a, d, and c, b, 7L, alternately on opposite sides so as to allow the fence to be placed in the zig zag position, and the anglesof this zig Zag may be more or less obtuse according to the stability required of the fence, and said angles are regulated by the distance between the locking boards d, h, and posts a, c.

At one or several places around a lot it becomes necessary to have entrances or gate-- ways, to provide for which I attach one of the locking boards d, by a bolt and nut at one end as at vl, and attach a hook c at the other so that said board can be t-urned down to allow the piece h, to be swung out and effect an opening in the fence. My fence thus becomes adapted to a great many positions and circumstances, and the panels are drawn tightly, and a very iirm corner obtained, by simply drawing the angles of the fence into the most obtuse position making the pieces 7L and d sit tightly against the posts a and c and rails c, and f.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The end locking piece or board 7L, combined with the locking board cl, and rails e, f and g, the whole constructed and operating ulstantially as and for the purposes speci- In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this tenth day of April 1857. CHARLES VAN DE MARK. lVitnesses LYSANDER REDFIELD, VILLIAM HENRY.

[FIRST PRINTED 1912.]

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