Sleeve for vinyl fence post anchor
AssigneeHighpoint Administrators, Inc.
InventorMark Harila
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Abstract
An anchor post sleeve for use with an injected metal anchor post in a vinyl fence system is disclosed. The anchor post sleeve includes an elongate hollow cylindrical body configured to be positioned over the injected metal anchor post and to extend above the metal anchor post. One or more radial support flanges extend radially outward from the cylindrical body, and one or more vinyl post backing flanges are connected to the radial support flanges. The vinyl post backing flanges are configured for positioning within a hollow vinyl fence post disposed over the anchor post sleeve. The anchor post sleeve may be configured for use with a gate post.
Claims14
An elongate anchor post sleeve for use with an injected metal anchor fence post, comprising:
- an elongate hollow cylindrical body configured for sliding over a metal anchor post injected in the ground, said elongate hollow cylindrical body configured to circumvolve the injected metal anchor post and extend above said metal anchor post;
- at least one radial support flange extending radially outward from the cylindrical body;
- at least one vinyl post backing flange connected to said radial support flange and held apart from said elongate hollow cylindrical body by said radial support flange, said vinyl post backing flange configured to provide backing to a vinyl fence post slid over said elongate anchor post sleeve to provide structural rigidity and to support gate hardware attached to the vinyl fence post.
A vinyl fence assembled on a ground surface, said vinyl fence comprising a gate post, a series of pickets, and a gate attached to said gate post, wherein:
- said gate post comprising:
- an anchor post injected into the ground;
- an anchor post sleeve comprising an elongate hollow cylindrical body configured for sliding over a metal anchor post injected in the ground, said elongate hollow cylindrical body configured to circumvolve the injected metal anchor post and extend above said metal anchor post;
- at least one radial support flange extending radially outward from the cylindrical body;
- at least one vinyl post backing flange connected to said radial support flange and configured to provide backing to a vinyl fence post slid over said elongate anchor post sleeve to provide structural rigidity and to support gate hardware attached to the vinyl fence post;
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- a vinyl post positioned onto said anchor post sleeve such that said vinyl post backing flange is positioned directly behind a side wall of said vinyl post;
- wherein said gate is attached to said gate post by gate post hardware, said gate post hardware connected to said gate post by connectors extending through said vinyl post and secured in said vinyl post backing flange.
A method of assembling a vinyl fence post, said method comprising:
- the step of providing a cylindrical metal anchor post injected into the ground;
- the step of providing a post sleeve comprising
- a cylindrical body configured for sliding over the cylindrical metal anchor post such that said cylindrical body circumvolves the metal anchor post;
- radial support flanges extending radially from the cylindrical body;
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- two vinyl post backing flanges connected to said radial support flanges and a center of said vinyl post backing flanges and configured to provide backing to the vinyl fence post to provide structural rigidity and to support gate hardware attached to the metal anchor post;
- the step of positioning said post sleeve onto said metal anchor post such that said cylindrical body circumvolves said metal anchor post;
- the step of affixing the post sleeve to the metal anchor post with a fastener;
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- the step of positioning a vinyl post sheath to said post sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.