US1256753A - Wire-anchor. - Google Patents

Description

G. D. WHEAT.

WIRE ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20. l9l5.

1,256,753. Patent d Feb. 19, 1918.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE DEWEY WHEAT, OF WHITEHORSE, OKLAHOMA.

WIRE-ANCHOR.

Application filed February 20, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. \VHEAT, a citizen of the United States, residing at WVhitehorse, in the county of \Voods and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in "Wire-Anchors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fence stays, and has for its primary object to provide a stay which is applicable to old as well as new fences, and is especially adapted for anchoring wire fences of various widths.

Another object is to provide a stay formed from a single strand of wire comprising an anchoring portion adapted to be buried in the ground and an upright portion adapted to be fastened to the fence.

\Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fence showing the application of the improved stay;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of the stays;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the stays.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates an ordinary wire fence which may be of any desired width and as shown in the present instance is formed of a number of longitudinally extending wires and transverse wires for holding the longitudinal Wires in spaced relation.

In order to hold the lowermost longitudinally extending wires of the fence in spaced relation from the ground in order to prevent animals from escaping thereunder, a plurality of spaced or anchoring members 2 are provided.

Each of the spaced members 2 isformed of a single strand of wire, one end of which is formed into an eye, as shown at 3, extends downwardly a suitable distance and laterally as at 4. The wire is then bent to form loops 5, in the present instance four in number which are formed in pairs and are oppositely disposed, one to the other.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

Serial No. 9,639.

By reference to Fig. 3 of the drawings it will be noted that the vertical portion of the stay extends from a point substantially centrally of the loops 5. This construction serves to give the greatest amount of anchoring surface possible and to exert any pressure which might be applied to the stay evenly to all of the loops.

From. the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it is thought that the construction and oper' ation of the device will be clearly understood and while I have herein shown and described one specific form of my invention, I do not wish to be limited thereto, except for such limitations as the claims may import.

WVhat is claimed is 1. A fence stay consisting of a single piece of wire bent so as to form a cross and having an end portion extending from the center of the cross and standing substantially at right angles to the plane of said cross and adapted to engage with a horizontal strand of a wire fence.

2. A fence stay comprising a length of wire bent to form two pairs of loops, the loops of each pair being longitudinally alined and substantially at right angles to the other alined pair of loops, said wire having one end portion extending substantially at right angles to all of said loops and adapted to engage with a horizontal strand of a wire fence.

3. A fence stay comprising a length of wire bent to form two pairs of loops, the loops of each pair being longitudinally alined and substantially at right angles to the other alined pair of loops, each loop of a pair being immediately connected with both loops of the other pair, the loops of a pair not being otherwise connected with one another, said wire having one end portion extending substantially at right angles to all of said loops and adapted to engage with a horizontal strand of a wire fence.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE DEWEY VHEAT.

Witnesses:

HARRY R. SHILLIAM, E. G. MILLER.

Copies 01 this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

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