Horse trailer and corral structure

An electrified corral stucture which comprises:

• a plurality of spaced, upright fence posts each of generally T-shaped cross-sectional configuration and including:
• an elongated first flange;
• and
• an elongated second flange secured to a central portion of said first flange and extending along the longitudinal axis of said first flange in a plane normal to said first flange, said second flange having a first hole therethrough adjacent the upper end of the post and adjacent said first flange, and having a second hole therethrough disposed downwardly on the post from said first hole, and spaced farther from said first flange than said first hole;
• electrical insulator fittings positioned in each of said second holes;
• flexible electrical conductor means extended through the electrical conductor fittings in all of said posts and defining a corral enclosure, said conductor means comprising:
• at least one copper conductor;
• and
• at least one colored synthetic resin flexible member intertwined with said copper conductor;
• a power source;
• electrically non-conducting handle means connected between said power source and one end of said electrical conductor means;
• a flexible guard line including visibility-imparting means and extended through the first holes in all of said posts;
• and
• reel means connected to said guard line and electrical conductor means for concurrently reeling up and storing all or a portion of said guard line and conductor means.

A combination horse trailer and corral structure comprising:

• a horse trailer having a forward side, a rear side, opposed substantially parallel side walls and at least one door at the rear side thereof opening into the trailer;
• power source means mounted outside said trailer on one of said side walls and including:
• a battery;
• a housing enclosing the battery for protection against the weather;
• a ground wire terminal on the outside of the housing;
• a hot wire terminal on the outside of the housing;
• and
• a switch on the outside of the housing for selectively electrically connecting the battery to said terminals;
• reel means mounted outside said trailer on the other of said side walls;
• a flexible electrical conductor stored on said reel means;
• at least one pair of elongated post-storing brackets mounted on said horse trailer, each of said brackets having a substantially U-shaped cross-section and including:
• a first flange having a plurality of spaced slots therein, with said slots dimensioned to receive a portion of a fence post as hereinafter described;
• a second flange extending in a plane substantially parallel to the plane occupied by said first flange and having a plurality of spaced slots therein with the slots in said second flange aligned with the slots in said first flange and dimensioned to receive a portion of a fence post as hereinafter described;
• and
• a web portion extending between and interconnecting said first and second flanges;
• an elongated spring detachably connected between the opposite ends of said elongated brackets for retention of posts having portions received in said slots;
• the brackets in each of said bracket pairs being spaced on said trailer from each other, with the flanges on one bracket in each pair extending substantially parallel to the flanges on the other bracket in the respective pair;
• and
• a plurality of fence posts stored on said trailer by retention in each of said pairs of brackets, each of said posts comprising:
• a main flange projecting into aligned slots in the first and second flanges of each of the brackets in each pair of brackets;
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• a cross flange connected to the main flange and forming a T in cross-section therewith, the cross flanges of said posts extending under said springs when said springs are connected between opposite ends of each of said elongated brackets.