Plastic fence posts and enclosures
AssigneeUnited States Steel Corporation
InventorsDale R. Minor, Byron W. Rose, William R. Vivian
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Abstract
Versatile fence posts are provided with improved wire engaging lugs. These wire engaging lugs permit easy assembly of electric wire fence and can also be used for line fence, with barbed wire, or with woven wire fabric.
Claims12
In a fence post having an integral anchor plate in its bottom section and being a thermoplastic member, the improvement comprising a plurality of integrally molded wire engagement lugs disposed on the front of said post, said lugs being shaped elements having a width which is narrow adjacent the front face and gradually increase to a wider width at a point extending forwardly from the front face, the relative increase in width being sufficient to cause the sides of said lug toward said front face to have a depth to frictionally engage one full turn of wire about said lug for securing said wire against said post.
In a fenced enclosure including several fence posts and wire supported on said posts, where said posts have anchor plates in their bottom section and are molded thermoplastic members, the improvement characterized by a plurality of integrally molded wire engagement lugs disposed on the front face of said posts in the form of shaped elements having width which in narrow adjacent the front face and gradually increase to a wider width at a point forwardly from the front face, the relative increase in width being sufficient to cause the sides of said lug toward said front face to have a depth to frictionally engage one full turn of wire about said lug.
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