US832565A - Portable fence-post. - Google Patents

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PATEN'IED 001*. 2, 1906.

I. J. WILSON. PORTABLE FENGB POST. APPLICATION IILEI? DBO. 29,1905.

A TTDBNE Y5 improve UNITED STATES JOHN J. WILSON,

PATENT orrron.

or LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TO HENRY LEVI, or LINCOLN,- NEBRASKA.

PORTABLE FENCE-POST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 1906.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that-1, Jorjiif J. WILSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Portable Fence-Post, of which the following is a specification.

' This-invention relates to fence-posts of the classadapted to be moved from place to place to enable the location of the fence tobe changed, and has for its object to simplify and the construction and increase the efficiency of devices of this character.

With these and other objects in View, which will appear as the nature of the invention is betterunderstood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designatcharacters, is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation. v

f In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of I a section of a fence with the improved posts embodied therein. Fig. 2 is a side elevation,

' enlarged and partly in section, of one of the improved posts. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail of a portion of the-upper member of the-improved post structure. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3 with the .anchor member detached. Fig. 5 is an enlJarged detail of a portion of the anchor mem- In certain portions'of the country it is the practice when a tract of pasture-land is exausted to move the fence inclosing the same to a new location, and as this moving occurs in some localities severaltimes each year the importance of a construction .in which the time and labor required to effect the moving of the fence and erecting it in the new locality the stock portions protruding from the are reduced to a minimum obvious.

The principal objectof the presentinvention is to produce a simpl post which may be quic yerected at any desired oint without the necessity for digging postoles,

can be quickly accomplished without detachrial of the stock into screw -construct ed fenceand then when it "is required to' move the fence supported by the posts this The improved device consists of a post 10,

' formed from a metal tube with the lower end contracted, as at 11, with parallel sides for a distance and having apertures 12 transversely through the contracted portion. Fitting loosely within the contracted portion of the post is the stock 13 of an anchormember, the latter constructed by coiling the mateform 14 with theterminallS pointed. The stock 13 is provided with an aperture 16, adapted to register with the apertures tures for receiving a bolt 17 preferably punctured to receive a spring-key 18 to retain it" in place. The stock 13 fits loosely in the contracted end 11 of the post 10, so that a certain degree of play is left between the parts to prevent the rigid uniting of the parts by rusting. The stock portions 13 are thus embraced upon all sides by the contracted portionof the post, so that no matter from which direction the strains are applied the post will effectually resist them. This is an 'classwhere the strains are imparted both transversely and longitudinally of the fence structure. The strains are thus borne by the body portion of the post and the ins 17 relieved largely of strains. The e ciency and strength of the post are thus verymaterially increased and without increase in weight or material increase in expense.

The fence material represented at 19 is at tached to the posts 10 in the usual manner.

With a plurality of posts constructed as. herein shown and described when a fenceis to be erected the anchor members 13 are inserted by screwing into the ground (represented 9 at'20) where the posts are to be placed with ound. The sections of fencing having the osts 1O embodied thereiniare then disposed of the posts engaging the stocks 13 of the anchor members, and secured in place by the bolts 17 and keys'18. The looseness of the a stocks 13 inthe' posts .10 permits the wind act- 12,the three alined-aper- I 8o important advantage in structures of this 1 position with the contracted portions 11 1 ing' against the posts 1' 0 sway the posts slightly,

and thus effectually prevent the stocks becoming fastened in the posts by rusting.

When the fence is to be moved, the strandvires are detached from the corner-posts and the intermediate posts detached from the anchor members, the sections of fencing thus released rolled up or otherwise disposed for convenient. transportation. The anchor members are then unscrewed from the ground and the corner-posts likewise detaclied and. the fence rcerected in the new locality, as before described. The labor and time required to thus take down the fence and transport it to the new locality and erect it there are thus reduced to a minimum and can be accomplished without destroying any part of the structure.

The device can be applied to fences of any length or size, as will beobvious. Another material advantage of this construction of positions. Thus any part of the fence may be employed as a gate and without injury to the same.

The anchor members will preferably be of galvanized iron or steel to prevent corrosion.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- A portable fence comprising an upper member formed of asection of tubing contracted near one end, the portion between said contraction and the end of the tube forming a socket having parallel sides an anchor member formed with a screw portion for entering the ground and with a vertical stock for engaging said socket, said stock being smaller in transverse area than the area of the socket, whereby a certain degree of lateral play ispermitted between the parts, and meansfor detacha-bly coupling said stock in said socket.

- E. W. vBROWN,

H. LEVI.

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