US310800A - Fence-post - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

A. D. DOUBLEDAY.

FENCE POST.

Patented Jan. 13, 1885.

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ABNER D. DOUBLEDAY, OF KALAMAZOG, MICHIGAN.

FENCEnPOST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 3I0,800, dated January 13,1885. Application filed February 14, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ABNER D. DOUBLEDAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful FencePost, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to fence-posts, and it has for its object to simplify and cheapen their construction and make them more durable and efficient in use.

To this end it consists in certain details of construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure Vl is a perspective view of my improved fencepost placed in position inthe ground. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

Like letters of reference are used to indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the base of my improved fence-post, constructed of iron or other suitable metal, the lower end of the base being provided with a circular piece, B, to hold said base firmly in the ground. Above the piece B the base tapers or increases in width, as shown, a series of wings, (four in numben) C C, projecting outwardly from the base near the surface of the ground, the wings C being at right angles to the wings C. The base portion A is formed on one side above the ground with a ledge or-stop, D, and the wooden standard Eis placed in position so as to rest at its lower end on said ledge, flanges F G being formed integral with the base and clasping the sides of the standard, and thus holding it in place. A screw or other suitable fastening device, I, passes through the upper portion of the base into the standard, and serves as an additional means of security.

The operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the annexed drawings. The post is placed in the ground in the manner shown, the circular portion B serving to vhold the base firmly in position, and the wings C preventing the wind from blowing the fence over, the wings fitting in the ground and holding the post in an upright position. It will also be seen that the ledge or stop D, in connection with the flanges F G, serves to hold the wooden standard from displacement, and when said standard becomes worn out it may be readily replaced by a new one. Then employing a post which is to be driven into the ground, the circular piece B maybe dispensed with; but for all other purposes I prefer to use the construction shown.

It will be apparent that a fence-post constructed in the manner shown is simple and durable in its character and efficient in use, and will successfully resist the action of the weather, besides possessing other advantages of minor consideration.

Having described my invention, I claim as new- As an improvement in fence-posts, the combination, with the metallic base provided with a series of semicircular wings and decreasing in width downwardly from said wings, a circular portion at the end of the base, and a ledge or stop projecting outwardly from the inner side of the same, of the wooden standard resting at its lower end on said ledge or stop, flanges formed integral with the base and clasping the sides of the standard, and screws or other fastening means securing the upper end of the base to the standard, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of witnesses.

ABNER D. DOUBLEDAY.

Witnesses:

T. F. GrnDrNGs, HENRY T. SMITH.

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