Multi-position wire insulator and fence support bracket
OwnerJames A. Gravelleinventor
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Abstract
A support bracket is adapted to secure wire fence elements to posts having T-shaped cross-sections with a leg and two cross-arms. The bracket includes a first slot adapted and constructed to receive a cross-arm of a fence post, and a second slot adapted and constructed to receive a cross-arm of the fence post, the second slot being generally aligned with the first slot. A third slot is adapted and constructed to receive a leg of the fence post, and is generally perpendicular to the first and second slots. The bracket can be mounted to the post in a first position in which the leg is received in the third slot, and a second position in which the leg extends opposite the third slot.
Claims20
A support bracket for securing wire fence elements to posts having T-shaped cross-sections with a leg and two cross-arms, the bracket comprising the following:
- a first slot adapted and constructed to receive a cross-arm of a fence post;
- a second slot adapted and constructed to receive a cross-arm of the fence post;
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- a third slot adapted and constructed to receive a leg of the fence post;
- whereby the bracket can be mounted to the post in a first position in which the leg is received in the third slot, and a second position in which the leg extends opposite the third slot.
A support bracket for securing wire fence elements to posts having T-shaped cross-sections with a leg and two cross-arms, the bracket comprising the following:
- a first slot adapted and constructed to receive a cross-arm of a fence post;
- a second slot adapted and constructed to receive a cross-arm of the fence post, the second slot being generally aligned with the first slot;
- and
- a third slot adapted and constructed to receive a leg of the fence post, the third slot being generally perpendicular to the first and second slots;
- whereby the bracket can be mounted to the post in a first position in which the leg is received in the third slot, and a second position in which the leg extends opposite the third slot.
A method for securing wire fence elements to fence posts having T-shaped cross-sections with a leg and two cross-arms, the method comprising the following steps:
- providing a first support bracket including a first slot adapted and constructed to receive a cross-arm of a fence post, a second slot adapted and constructed to receive a cross-arm of the fence post, and a third slot adapted and constructed to receive a leg of the fence post;
- providing a second support bracket including a first slot adapted and constructed to receive a cross-arm of a fence post, a second slot adapted and constructed to receive a cross-arm of the fence post, and a third slot adapted and constructed to receive a leg of the fence post;
- mounting the first bracket to a post in a first position in which the leg of the post is received in the third slot of the bracket;
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- mounting the second bracket to a post in a second position in which the leg of the post extends opposite the third slot of the bracket.
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