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US 4,065,103 AGranted
Fence attachment
OwnerCharles R. Sweezeyinventor
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Abstract
An attachment is illustrated for extending an existing chain link fence accommodating same to the stringing of barbed wire thereabove. The attachment contemplates the use of a vertical angle extending as a base to be received upon a vertical post of the existing fence for carrying an upright member having barbed wire receiving and securing means thereon in such a way that the upper fence supports do not have to be removed for accommodating the attachment.
Claims2
An attachment for use in stringing barbed wire and the like on existing chain link fences having vertical posts comprising:
- a vertical angle having diverging legs for receiving and engaging a vertical post therebetween;
- an upright member, extending above the fence, having a web and a lower end integrally connected to said vertical angle adjacent a junction of said legs;
- barbed wire receiving and securing means carried on said web;
- a horizontal channel adjacent a free edge of each of said diverging legs of said vertical angle;
- an arcuate shank extending through each of said channels, said shank being disposed horizontally and defining a bight for receiving said vertical post therewithin;
- a first abutment carried by said shank adjacent one end thereof abutting the exterior of one of said diverging legs adjacent one of said channels for retaining said shank in said channel;
- a second abutment threadably carried upon said shank adjacent the remote end thereof for abutting the exterior of the other of said diverging legs adjacent said other channel for securing the attachment tightly upon said vertical post;
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- said other channel being open at said free edge of its respective diverging leg for receiving said shank when pivoted in a generally horizontal movement about said first abutment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.