US1848452A - young - Google Patents

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March 8, 1932. H. M. YOUNG WIRE FENCE FASTENEH .Filed June 23, 1950 IN vz/v 7'02.

Patented Mar. 8, 1932 UNIT D/s ass HARRY M. YOUNG, OF WEBSTER GROVES,

'PROIDUOTS COMPANY, OF ST. LGUIS, MISSOURI, A GGBPGEiiTEION OZ MISSOURI, ASSZGNOR TO VJESTERN WIRE WIRE FENCE rasrnnnn Application filed June 23,

'Z ada table ina simole manner for hi hh efficient employment in its intended purpose on most, if not all, of the commercial types of steel fence-posts, and to provide a fastening device of the kind set forth readily applied and adapted to be securely attached and fixed to a fence-post in a highly simple, efiicient, practical, and inexpensive manner.

And withthe above and other objects in View, my invention resides in the novel features of form, construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a wire fence, the strands of which are attached to the face of a T-shaped fence-post by means of fasteners of my invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary crosssectional view of the fence of Figure 1, the strand being shown by dot-dash lines in partially applied position;

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary face view of a so-called studded-T fence post, illustrating the use therewith of a strand-fastener of my invention;

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary crosssectional view of a so-called slotted-T fencepost, also illustrating the use therewith of a strand-fastener of my invention;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary face-view of the fence of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary elevation of a socalled angle fence-post, similarly illustrating the use therewith of a strand fastener of my invention;

Figure 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of the fence of Figure 6; and

Figure 8 is an enlarged detail View of the strand-fastener.

Referring now more in detail and by ref- 1930. Serial No. 463,135.

erence characters to the drawings, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of my invention, the fastening device or fastener A is preferably fori'ned of a length of bendable wire or the like and comprises a section including a body portion intermediately arched 0r reversely bent, at l, and having longitudlnally aligned legs 2 outstanding at or pro ecting from each side or the bend 1. The

legs 2 terminate in opposed end portions 3, 1

1-, disposed an angle to the legs 2 oppositely to the arch or bend 1, said end portions or terminals 3. i, being bendable under said legs 2, one of said termii'ials, as 3, co-operating with the adjacent leg 2 in the formation of a permanent hook 5, and the other of said terminals, as at, being rerersely crcolred, as at 6, to form, may be said, a snap or spring hook for he fastener. for a purpose presentvn prises, as tructure or res'i. l to unable sup- 30st C of one form known as a T that is, having a 8 and a stem wardly pre enter lierefrom. As --hown, the individi in 3 is s H wires 13 are each attaol l t led to the post C by means of one of the fas 'ener As sl own in dots 7 dash lines in Figure 2, the fencing B being in desired position on the post C, a fastener A is hooked at its terminal 3 over one marginal portion or dge of the 8, on one side 1 cent a wire or strand 7. The n i en disposed of the wire 7, and the terminal snapped or sprung over opposite margin of the postk manner that the wire 7 is arched over and embraced between the bend l and the face of the engaged wire 7 on the post C. Preferably the flange 8 is crimped or gripped between the legs 2 and terminals 3, 4, for rigidly securing the fastener A in located position on the post, as shown in Figure 2.

In Figure Sis shown another commercial form of fence-post C, known as a studded-T type, the flange 8' thereof having a medial series ofontwardly presented studs or lugs IO arranged con'veniently for supporting the,- respective wires 7 of the fencing B, as shown In other respects, the post C 1S similar to j the post C, and inasmuch as my new fastener A is employed in a like manner thereon, no further description thereof is deemed necessary here, except to say "that the studs 10 serve to locate the fasteners in spaced relation on the post and hence orimping'of the fastener for such purpose may be omitted.

' i fastener A, substantially transversely spans While in the fence-posts C and G", the

' the-full width of the flange 8, in the form of fence-post D shownin Figures 4: and '5, the

portion of the fence-post spanned by the fastfener A is that between the diagonally opposed end "walls of a series of slots 11 provided in the flange 12 of the post D. The post Dis a commercial form known as a slotted-T type, and the slots .11 are longitudinally spaced therealong on alternate sides of the stem 13 thereof-. It will at once be seen, however, that the fast-enerA is applied to the fence-post D in substantially the same mann'erand forthe same purpose as set forth in connection with the post C, the one terminal 3 being engaged with a wall of one slot 11 and the opposite terminal A being engaged with a wall of thenext adjacent slot, the strands 7 being obliquelyspanned by, and accommodated by the arches or bends 1 of r the respective fasteners, as shown.

And in Figures 6 and 7 is shown sti'll another form of fence-post E, known as the angle-type, in which one leg 14 is provided wit-ha longitudinal series of spaced slots 15. Obviously, the fastener A is adapted to span the portion of the post E between the opposing end walls of the successive slots 15,

and hence will be disposed substantially transversely of the wire 7 of the fencing B, The fastener A is, however, applied to the post E in substantially like manner and for like purpose as has been heretofore set forth in connection with the posts G and D.

V It will be hence seen that my invention accomplishes its objects, and, as I have shown, the fastener A is, by reason of its unique and novel form and construction, adapted selectively to be employed for its intended purposes on most, if not all, of a wide variety of fence posts new in commercial use. The fastener A is thus substantially, with respect to the varioustypes of fence-posts, universally I interchangeable, and I might add that the '65 fastener A is preferably constructed of a.

bendable wire or the like, whereby it is equally universally applicable on the fence-wire 7 in any position of angularity thereacross.

However, I do not wish to be limited in my invention to the embodiment illustrated, for it will be understood that changes and modifications in the form, construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of the fastener may be made and substituted for those herein shown anddes'cr-ib'ed without de- Fparti'ng from the nature and principle of my portion and forming-with said end-portion a permanentfence-post engageable hook, and the other of said legs also arcjuately terminating in an opposed angularly disposed endportion, said second end-portion incl'u'dingja reversely crooked tip and forming with said second leg a spring-hook for snapwise engagement with a fence-post in opposed relationto said permanent 'hook,-said'hooksbeing disposed in the plane of said body-portion.

Intestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. e

1 HARRY M. YOUNG.

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