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US 10,329,794 B2Granted
Wire retaining fence post
AssigneeFeral Pty Ltd.
InventorRodney James Tate
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Abstract
A fence post having an eyelet with wire capture structure to capture a fence wire passing through the fence post and prevent it from escaping once the fence post has been inserted into the ground. Tension is applied to the fence wire during insertion of the fence post into the ground, the wire being restrained from passing through the eyelet once the lock bar has been allowed to fall into a closed position. This then ensures that each length of wire is restrained in place under tension.
Claims11
A fence post comprising:
- a main body section comprising at least one wire receiving aperture there through, and,
- at least one wire capture structure,
- wherein said at least one wire capture structure comprises
- a sliding wire locking bar,
- an inner eyelet shaped to nest within said at least one wire receiving aperture,
- wherein said inner eyelet comprises a pair of channels within which to receive and guide said sliding wire locking bar, and,
- wherein said at least one wire capture structure is substantially aligned with the at least one wire receiving aperture to capture a fence wire between the sliding wire locking bar and the inner eyelet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.