US1636126A - Fencepost - Google Patents

Description

July 19, 1921,

C.E.CHRETENSEN FENCEPOST Filed April 1926 awuzmtoz 01L. C'kzzz'stensen Patented July 19, 1927.

CHARLES E. CHRISTENSEN, OF VIBORG, SOUTH DAKOTA.

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Application filed April 9,

This invention relates to fence posts and one object of the invention is to provide a fence post with which fence wires may be connected without employing clamps or sim-,

ilar wire-engaging elements.

Another object of the invention is to provide the fence post with wire-receiving openings having entrance slots so disposed that the wires may be passed into the openings but cannot readily slip out of them.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a view showing the fence post' in front elevation;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged View showing a fragment of the post in side elevation;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the post.

The fence post which is indicated in general by the numeral 1 is formed of metal and includes a body portion 2 from which extend side arms or webs 3 and forwardly and rearwardly extending arms or webs 4 and 5. The forwardly extending web 4 is of less width than the webs 3 and 5 and carries a longitudinally extending head 6 which projects from opposite sides of the web, as shown in Fig. 3, and is preferably oval in cross section and thereby provided with rounded side faces which merge into its outer face. The post may be of any height desired and tapers at its lower end, as shown in Fig. 1, so that it may be readily driven into the ground. When the post is, embedded, the webs which project radially from the center or body portion of the post will serve to brace the post against transverse movement in the ground and, therefore, it will be held in a vertical position. A number of openings 7 are formed in the web 4 and are spaced from each other longitudinally of the web. These openings are preferably elongated vertically of the post and each opening is provided with an entrance slot 8 cut transversely through the head 6. The Slots 8 are disposed diagonally of the head, as shown in Fig. 1, and each communicates with its respective opening 7 intermediate the upper and lower ends thereof, as shown in Fig. 2. Therefore, when the line wires of the fence are disposed within the openings 7, they will be prevented from tantthat the wire fencin 1926. Serial No. 100,255.

readily slippin outwardly through the slots. Any number 0 openings 7 and cooperating slots 8 may be formed in the web 4 and its head 6 and these openings may be spaced from each'other equal distances or the distances may vary so that they will be properly spaced to receive the longitudinally extending-wires 9 of a woven fence. of a conventional construction. The post should preferably be of greater height than the woven wire with which it is to be used and have its upper end portion formed with openings and slots to receive strands of barbed wire. 10.

When the posts are in use, they are driven into the ground at suitable distances apart and the wire strung from one post to another and stretched as ti ht as desired. -The longitudinally exten ing strands of the woven fencing and the strands of barbed wire will then be distorted in front of the post by means of a suitable wire-engaging tool and moved through the slots.8; into the openings or pockets 7. When the tool is removed from the wire, the temporarily distorted portion will, of course, straighten itself and the wires will extend through the openings, as shown in Fi 1. It is impore stretched before the longitudinally exten ing wires 9 thereof are engaged with the post as otherwise the vertical wires 11 would be liable to engage the webs 4 of the post and prevent the wire from being properly stretched. While the wires will be prevented from being accidentally disconnected from the posts, they may be readily removed when so desired by again distorting them at the post and moving them outwardly through the slots.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A fence post comprising an elongated body provided with a forwardly extending web. having a longitudinally extending head at its outer end projecting from opposite sides thereof, said web being formed with openings spaced longitudinally of the web adjacent the head and said head having diagonally disposed transverse slots extending through the head and communicating with said openings intermediate the upper and lower ends thereof.

2. A fence post comprising an elongated body having opposed side Webs and OPPOBCl forwardly and rearwardly extending Webs, a longitudinally extending head carried by said forwardly extending Web along its front and projecting from-opposite sides thereof and formed with diagonally disposed transverse slots extending through the head and communicating With openings formed in the forward Web and extending longitudinally thereof with their upper and lower portions 10 extending above and below the slots.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLES E. CHRISTENSEN. [L.s.].

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