Breakaway fence post device

A breakaway fence post device for releasing a fence post when a horse strikes against a fence during a horse race, said device comprising:

• a plurality of bases each being configured to be buried in the ground adjacent to a horse race track, each base of said plurality of bases having a well extending into a respective base of said plurality of bases, each base of said plurality of bases having a top end and an outer wall wherein said outer wall of each base of said plurality of bases is configured to be submerged in the ground having said top end of each base of said plurality of bases being exposed, said outer wall of each base of said plurality of bases having a plurality of intersecting sides, said plurality of intersecting sides of said outer wall of a respective base being perpendicularly oriented with each other such that each base of said plurality of bases has a rectangular shape, said well associated with a respective base extending into said top end of said respective base, said well associated with said respective base having a bounding surface, said bounding surface of said well associated with said respective base having a plurality of intersecting sides of said well, said plurality of intersecting sides of said well associated with said respective base being oriented parallel with a respective one of said plurality of intersecting sides of said outer wall of said respective base such that said well in each base of said plurality of bases has a rectangular shape, said well in each base of said plurality of bases having a lower bounding surface, said lower bounding surface of said well in a respective base lying on a plane being oriented parallel to said top end of said respective base;
• a plurality of retention flaps, each retention flap of said plurality of retention flaps being hingedly coupled to a respective base, each retention flap of said plurality of retention flaps associated with said respective base being biased in a securing position, each retention flap of said plurality of retention flaps associated with said respective base extending into said well in said respective base when said plurality of retention flaps associated with said respective base are in said securing position, each retention flap of said plurality of retention flaps associated with said respective base being urgeable into a releasing position, each retention flap of said plurality of retention flaps associated with said respective base extending upwardly from said well in said respective base when said plurality of retention flaps associated with said respective base are urged into said releasing position, each retention flap of said plurality of retention flaps having a coupled edge and a free edge, said coupled edge of each retention flap of said plurality of retention flaps associated with said respective base being hingedly coupled to a respective one of said plurality of intersecting sides of said well in said top end of said respective base, said coupled edge of each retention flap of said plurality of retention flaps associated with said respective base being aligned with said top end of said respective base, said coupled edge of each retention flap of said plurality of retention flaps associated with said respective base extending along a partial length of said respective intersecting side of said well in said top end of said respective base, each retention flap of said plurality of retention flaps associated with said respective base being centrally located along said respective intersecting side of said well in said top end of said respective base, each retention flap of said plurality of retention flaps associated with said respective base lying on a plane being aligned with said top end of said respective base when said plurality of retention flaps associated with said respective base are in said securing position;
• a plurality of releasing flaps, each of a pair of said plurality of releasing flaps being hingedly coupled to a respective base, each of releasing flap of said pair of releasing flaps associated with said respective base being positioned in said well in said respective base, each releasing flap of said pair of releasing flaps associated with said respective base being biased into a lifting position having each releasing flap of said pair of releasing flaps associated with said respective base extending upwardly out of said well in said respective base, each releasing flap of said pair of releasing flaps associated with said respective base being urgeable into a stored position having each releasing flap of said pair of releasing flaps associated with said respective base lying flat in said well in said respective base, each releasing flap of said plurality of releasing flaps having a rear edge and a front edge and a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge, said front edge of each releasing flap of said plurality of releasing flaps having a medial section extending between a first section and a second section, said first section of said front edge of a respective releasing flap being spaced from and being oriented parallel to said second section of said front edge of said respective releasing flap, said second section of said front edge of said respective releasing flap being spaced further from said rear edge of said respective releasing flap than said first section of said front edge of said respective releasing flap, said first lateral edge of said respective releasing flap angling inwardly between said rear edge of said respective releasing flap and said first section of said front edge of said respective releasing flap, said second lateral edge of said respective releasing flap angling inwardly between said rear edge of said respective releasing flap and said second section of said front edge of said respective releasing flap, said rear edge of each releasing flap of said pair of releasing flaps associated with said respective base being hingedly coupled to a respective intersecting side of said bounding surface of said well in said top end of said respective base at a point being located adjacent to said lower bounding surface of said well in said top end of said respective base, said medial section of said front edge of said respective releasing flap being oriented to angle toward said second lateral edge of said respective releasing flap, said first section of said front edge of a respective releasing flap of pair of said releasing flaps associated with said respective base abutting said second section of said front edge of a respective releasing flap of said pair of said releasing flaps associated with said respective base when said pair of releasing flaps associated with said respective base are in said stored position, said medial section of said front edge of a respective releasing flap of said pair of releasing flaps associated with said respective base intersecting said medial section of said front edge of a respective releasing flap of said pair of releasing flaps associated with said respective base when said pair of releasing flaps associated with said respective base are in said stored position, each releasing flap of said pair of releasing flaps associated with said respective base angling upwardly out of said well in said top end in said respective base when said pair of releasing flaps associated with said respective base are in said lifting position;
• a plurality of biasing members, each releasing flap of said plurality of releasing flaps having a bottom surface, each of a pair of said plurality of biasing members being coupled between said lower bounding surface of said well in said top end of a respective base and said bottom surface of a respective pair of releasing flaps associated with said respective base, each biasing member of said pair of biasing members associated with said respective base biasing said respective releasing flap associated with said respective base into said lifting position;
• a plurality of fence posts, a respective fence post of said plurality of fence posts being releasably insertable into said well in a respective base of said plurality of bases, each releasing flap of said plurality of releasing flap associated with said respective base being urged into said stored position when said respective fence post is releasably inserted into said well in said respective base, each retention flap of said plurality of retention flaps associated with said respective base being positioned in said securing position to retain said respective fence post in said well in said respective base, each retention flap of said plurality of retention flaps associated with said respective base being urged into said releasing position when said respective fence post which is inserted in said well in said respective base is exposed to a lateral force, each releasing flap of said pair of releasing flaps associated with said respective base urging said fence post which is inserted in said well in said respective base to lift outwardly from said well in said respective base when said fence post which is inserted into said well in said respective base is exposed to said lateral force wherein said fence post which is inserted into said well in said respective base is configured to break free of said respective base when said fence post which is inserted into said well in said respective base is struck by the horse to inhibit the horse from being injured, each fence post of said plurality of fence posts having a lower end and a upper end, each fence post of said plurality of fence posts having a bend located closer to said upper end than said lower end, said bend in a respective fence post defining a lower portion of said respective fence post oriented at an angle with a upper portion of said respective fence post, said lower portion of said respective fence post being associated with said lower end of said respective fence post, said upper portion of said respective fence post being associated with said upper end of said respective fence post;
• a plurality of panels, each panel of said plurality of panels having an upper surface and a lower surface and a perimeter edge extending between said upper surface and said lower surface, said perimeter edge of each panel of said plurality of panels having a plurality of intersecting sides of said perimeter edge, said lower end of a respective fence post being coupled to said upper surface of a respective panel, said lower end of said respective fence post being centrally located on said upper surface of said respective panel, each panel of said plurality of panels associated with a respective fence post being insertable into said well in said upper end of a respective base when said respective fence post is removably inserted into said well in said upper end of said respective base, said lower surface of said respective panel urging said pair of releasing flaps associated with said respective base into said stored position when said respective panel is inserted into said well in said upper end of said respective base;
• a plurality of fence rails, each fence rail of said plurality of fence rails being attached to a respective pair of said plurality of fence posts wherein each fence of said plurality of fence rails is configured to inhibit the horse from leaving the horse race track, each fence rail of said plurality of fence rails having a rear surface, said rear surface of each fence rail of said plurality of fence rails being coupled to said upper end of said respective pair of said fence posts;
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• a plurality of tabs, each tab of said plurality of tabs being coupled to a respective intersecting side of said perimeter edge of a respective panel, each tab of said plurality of tabs being perpendicular to said respective intersecting side of said perimeter edge of said respective panel, each tab of said plurality of tabs extending along a partial length of said respective intersecting side of said perimeter edge of said respective panel, each retention flap of said plurality of retention flaps associated with a respective base lying on top of a respective tab on said respective panel when said respective panel is inserted into said well in said top end of a respective base for retaining said respective panel in said well in said top end of said respective base, a respective retention flap being urged into said releasing position when said respective panel is urged to tilt in said well in said top end of said respective base when said fence post that is coupled to said respective panel is exposed to said lateral force, said pair of releasing flaps associated with said respective base being biased into said lifting position when said respective retention flap is urged into said releasing position, said pair of releasing flaps associated with said respective base lifting said respective panel upwardly from said well in said top end of said respective base when said respective retention flap is urged into said releasing position wherein said fence post which is coupled to said respective panel is configured to be dislodged from said respective base when the horse strikes said fence rail that is coupled to said fence post which is coupled to said respective panel to inhibit the horse from being injured.