US1777801A - Metal fence post - Google Patents

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Oct. 7, 1930. G. A. LANDMANN METAL FENCE POST Filed Nov. 29, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Y Inventor lama/Maw Byzamom.

Attorney Oct. 7, 1930. G. A. LANDMANN 1,777,801"

METAL FENCE POST Filed Nov. 29, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I n venipr 1/7 Zara/man A itomey PatentedOct-7,193 l i i f A f UNITED sT -rEsie AfE-Ntiortflce eUs'rAvE A.-LA1\TDMANN, or SCOTLAND, SOUTI-I'DAKOTA METAL riiivon rosr Application filed November 29, 1929. fseriaiiro. 410,505,

r The present invention relates to new and spaced eyes .15. a An elongated; transverse useful improvements in fence posts and parbowed plate 16;has a reduced extension at ticularly to wire fasteners therefor. its lower end rolled toform an eye 17 and One object of the invention is toprovide receivable between the'eyes land a pin 19 a novel and improved post and means for extends through the eyes 17 and 15. 5. securing the fence wire thereto in a quick de- This plate 16 is adapted to be disposed tachable manner. h over the notches 7 to hold the strands of wire Another veryimportant object of the in-. therein. The upper or free end of the plate vention resides in the provision of a fence 16is flattened out as at 20 so that a bail 21 post of this nature with means for holding may be sprung thereover, the bail being rock- 60 the post rigid and embeddedin the ground ably mounted in an eye 22 on the upper end A still further very important object of the of the post 5. l l invention resides in the provision of a fence The plate 9 will be embedded in the ground post of thisnature which is simple in as and steadies the fence post as will, be quite 1 construction, inexpensive to manufacture, apparent. The plate 16 cooperates therewith Q5 v strong and durable, thoroughly efficient and by being hlngedly engaged therewith and the reliable in use and otherwise well adapted flattened-reduced end cooperates with the to the purpose for whichit is designed. bail so as to hold the bail from accidentally With the above andnumerous other ob swinging upwardly but permitting the bail 20 jects in view as will appear as the description 21 to be forced upwardly when. desired. 79

proceeds, the invention resides in certain It is thought thattheconstruction, opera-1 1 novel fe t f t ti d in th tion, utility and advantages of this invention.

combination and arrangement of parts as will now be quite apparent to those skilled will be hereinafter more fully described and 111 this art without a more detailed descrip- 2 claimed. tion thereof. I 15 In the drawing: i Thepresent embodiment "of the invention Figure 1 is a front elevation of the post has been described in considerable detail embodying the features of my invention, merely for the purposes of exeinplification Fi 2 i a id l v ti th reof; 7 since in actual practice it attains thefeatures 3o Fi 3 i an lar d detail side elevaof advantage enumeratedasj desirable in the 89' -Figure7 is aperspective view of the lower 4 post the lower end of which is pointed as at" a i1mSitS Side edgs converging downwardly for hingedly mounting the plate on the post] tion' of an intermediate portion thereof, l statementof the invention and the above de .7 Figures 4:, 5 and 6 are horizontal sections scription. p l

t p iv ly On lines M, 5-5 and n It will beapparent thatchanges in the de- (3 6 of Figure 2, and tails of construction; and in the combination v end the elongated transversely bowed look without departing from the spirit or scope plate of the invention as hereinafter claimed'or e l to he drawmg 1 detall 1t W111 sacrificing any of its advantages,

b Seen at the numeral?) denotes a tubular Having thus described my invention, what I'claim as-new is: a V i so In. a device ofthe class described, a tubular" post having notchesin one side thereof; an

elongated transversely bowed plate, means Gto be easily driven in the ground.

On oneside the post is formed with a plurality. of-notches 7 to receive fence wire strands 8., An isosceles triangular plate 9 'toward'each other and the lower end merges so'thait a' be swung W the notches, h l into an ear 10 bolted as at 11 to the fence post. free end of Plate belng flattened, a b

and arrangement of parts may be resorted to 35 a q a The center f the t id h merging rockably mounted on the upper end of the p v P therefrom an ear 12 bolted to the fence post P s to'engage over said flattened out free )0 as at 14 and this ear 12 merges into apair of end,said means for hingedly mounting the fut;

plate comprising an isosceles triangular plate anchored on the lower portion of the post and having an ear extension provided with a pair of eyes, said first mentioned plate at its hinged end having an eye, and a pin ex- 5 tending through the eye.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

GUSTAYE A. LANDMANN.

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