Water gap managed breakaway system
AssigneeWater Gap Saver, LLC
InventorMichael Estrada
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Abstract
A water gap managed breakaway device includes a frame including an opening for fixing the frame relative to a fence post within a water gap and including at least one projection substantially perpendicular to a fence passing over the water gap, and a joining member configured to join the at least one projection with the fence by maintaining tension between the fence and the at least one projection, the tension releasable by operation of debris on the joining member while the debris passes through the water gap.
Claims20
A water gap managed breakaway device comprising:
- a set of three braces, each comprising an inner end and an outer end, the set formed with joints connecting the inner end of one brace with a point between the inner end and the outer end of another brace such that a triangular opening is formed by the set of three braces with each of the outer ends extending outward from the triangular opening;
- a means for fixing the set of three braces position relative to a length of fence post within a water gap;
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- a joining member configured to join the outer end of at least one of the braces with a fence positioned above the water gap managed breakaway device and configured to maintain a joint between the water gap managed breakaway device and the fence through tension.
A water gap managed breakaway device comprising:
- a frame including a triangular internal opening configured to accept a fence post within a water gap and at least one three projections from the frame extending outward from a center of the triangular internal opening substantially parallel to a remainder of the frame;
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- a joining member configured to join one of the at least three projections to a fence above the frame by looping over the one of the at least three projections and configured to maintain tension from the fence generated by pulling the fence downward toward the frame before joining when looped over the one of the at least three projections.
A water gap managed breakaway system comprising:
- a fence span over a water gap, the fence span including at least three fence posts, one on each side of the water gap and a third fence post over the water gap, each fence post connected to another fence post by at least one strand of fence wire;
- a frame including an opening configured to fix the frame to an anchor within the water gap, the frame including at least one projection substantially perpendicular to the fence span over the water gap;
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- a joining member configured to pull down and to join the at least one projection with the third fence post fence to thereby maintain tension between the fence span and the at least one projection, the joining member configured such that operation of debris on the joining member while the debris passes through the water gap will cause the joining member to cease joining the at least one projection and the third fence post, thereby releasing the tension and allowing the third fence post to rise.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.