US636855A

US636855A - Fence-post attachment.

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Publication number: US636855A
Application number: US72508999A
Authority: US
Inventors: Walter H Sawyer
Original assignee: JOHN B FELDER
Current assignee: JOHN B FELDER
Priority date: 1899-07-25
Filing date: 1899-07-25
Publication date: 1899-11-14
Anticipated expiration: 1916-11-14

Description

No.r 636,855, Patented Nov. I4, |899.

W. H. SAWYER'.

FENCE PUST ATTACHMENT.

(Application led July 25, 1899.)

(No Model.)

PATENT Erica.

WALTER H. SAVVYER, OF AMERIOUS, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN B. FELDER, OF SAME PLACE.

FENCE-POST ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 636,855, dated November 14, 1899. Application filed .l'uly 25, 1899. Serial No. 725,089. KNO 111001610 T0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER H. SAWYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Americus, in the county of Sumter and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Fence-Post Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

It is a well-known fact that barbed and other wire fences which comprise in their structure simply runnerwires connected to suitable posts are not readily discernible to stock, and for this reason the latter frequently accidentally run against such fences, thereby damaging the latter and also themselves. In view of this difficulty the present invention is designed to render wire fences more discernible, and has for its object to provide improved means for mounting a board or rail upon the fence-posts to take the place of one of the runner-wires, and thereby present a larger surface, which may be readily seen by the stock. Furthermore, it is designed to provide a detachable bracket for supporting the board or rail, preferably at the top of the post, and it is contemplated to provide a plurality of such brackets upon asingle post, so that rails or boards may be conveniently fastened to metallic fence-posts, and thereby take the place of the runner-wires.

To these ends the presentinvention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor'details of construction may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the present invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fence-post having the present invention applied thereto and supporting a board or rail at the top of the post. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. is a plan view of the base for the post. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the detachable rail or board supporting bracket. Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken on the line a: :c of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is an elevation of a fence-post, showing a plurality Fig. 3

of rails connected to the post by the present bracket.

Corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings are designated by like characters of reference.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, l designates a metallic fencepost,substantially V-shaped in cross-section, having its angled edge cut or slotted, so as to provide upwardlyprojecting tongues 2. These tongues are bent outward from the post, so that the runnerwires 3 may be engaged between the tongues and the adjacent sides of the post, the base of the slots in the opposite sides of the post being enlarged, as at 4, so as to readily receive the respective runner-wires. After the wires have been seated in these enlargements of the slots the tongues are forced inward to their normal position, as best illustrated in Fig. 2, thereby closing the entrances into the enlargements of the slots and effectively locking the runner-wires upon the fence-post.

As indicated in Fig. 2, it will be seen that the opposite sides of the post are beveled downwardly toward the angled corner thereof, as at 5, so as to point the lower e'nd of the post and facilitate the driving thereof into the ground. The base for the post is shown in Fig. 3 and comprises a fiat metallic plate 6, having a substantially V -shaped slot 7 formed therein and adapted to receive the lower end of the fence-post. Also, the base is vprovided with opposite openings 8 for the reception of fastening devices 9. As shown in Figs. l and 2, this base-plate fits flush uponthe top of the ground, and the fastenings 9 are driven through the openings 8 and located at opposite sides of the post, so that the latter is effectively braced and maintained in an upright position.

The means for supporting a rail or board upon the fence-post comprises a detachable bracket 10, which is shown in detail in Fig. 4. This bracket is formed from a single blank of metal struck into an angular shape to flt the angled edge of the fence-post. The lower end of the body of the bracket is reduced to form a foot ll, and projecting laterally in opposite directions and intermediate of the foot and the body is a pair of ears l2, which are disposed in the same plane as the adjacent IOO side of the bracket. Projecting laterally from the upper end of the bracket and upon the outer or convex side thereof is a horizontal shoulder 13, having an upwardly-extending tongue or flange 14, located at the outer end of the shoulder.

In the application of the bracket the lower portion thereof is inserted between the upper tongue and the adjacent sides of the post, the foot 11 being upon the inner side of the post and fitting snugly in the vertex between the angled sides thereof and the ears 12 embracing the outer opposite sides of the post and seated upon the base of the enlargements 4. The tongue 2 is then bent firmly inward against the outer side of the bracket, and the transverse shoulder 13 of the latter rests upon the upper end of the tongue and is eifectively braced thereby. Thus it will be seen that the flange 14 is olset outwardly from the post, and the rail 15 is seated upon the shoulder 13 and embraced between the iiange 14 and the adjacent side of the post, whereby the rail is effectively connected to the post without driving fastening devices therethrough and also permitting of the ready removal of the rail.

As shown in Fig. 6, it will be seen that several brackets may be connected to the post by means of the respective tongues 2, so that rails may be substituted for the runner-wires, and thereby form a board fence having durable metallic posts.

lVhat I claim is- 1. The combination with a fence-post having a tongue cut therefrom, of a detachable bracket clamped between the tongue andthe body of the post, and provided with a lateral shoulder located above the upper end of the tongue, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination with a fence-post having a tongue cut therefrom, of a detachable bracket clamped between the tongue and the body of the post, and provided with a lateral shoulder located above and supported upon the upper end of the tongue, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination with a substantially hollow fence-post having a tongue cut therefrom, of a detachable .bracket clamped between said tongue and the body of the post, said bracket being provided at its lower end with a pendent foot fitting snugly against the inner side of the post, and a lateral shoulder located above the upper end of the tongue, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination with a fence-post, having a tongue cut therefrom, of a detachable bracket adapted to be iitted between the tongue and the adjacent side of the post, and provided with lateral ears embracing the post, and a lateral shoulder for supporting a board or rail, substantially as shown and described.

5. The combination with a fence-post, having a tongue cut therefrom, of a detachable bracket adapted to be fitted between the tongue and the adjacent side of the post, said bracket having a foot at its lower end and litting against the inner side of the post, oppositely-extending lateral ears embracing the outer side of the post, and a lateral outwardlyextending shoulder for supporting a board or rail, substantially as shown and described.

6. The combination with a metallic fencepost of substantially V shape in cross-section, and having a tongue out from the angled edge thereof, of a detachable angled bracket adapted to be fitted between the tongue and the adj aeent sides of the post, said bracket having a pendent angled foot :fitting snugly in the vertex of the angled sides of the post, opposite laterally-extending ears embracing the opposite outer sides of the post,a lateral outwardlyextending shoulder at the upper end of the bracket, and a flange projecting upwardly from the shoulder and offset from the post, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

7. The combination with an angled fencepost having a tongue cut from the angled edge thereof, of an angled detachable bracket litting snugly the outer angled side of the post, and between the latter and the tongue, and provided with a pendent angled foot fitting snugly the inner angular side of the post, and a lateral shoulder located above the upper end of the tongue, substantially as shown and described.

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

WALTER I'I. SAWYER.

lVitnesses:

W. T. HANFIELD, C. M. COUNCIL.