Post brace assembly

A brace assembly for bracing a steel fence post to permit same to serve as a gate supporting post, said brace assembly comprising,

• an upper bracket assembly and a lower bracket assembly for vertically spaced attachment to a fence post and each assembly including a boss, a pintle arm adjustably carried in said boss on which a gate may be hung, and
• an elongate brace coupled at one end to said upper bracket assembly, and an elongate ground engaging member carried by said lower bracket assembly.

A brace assembly for bracing a fence post, said assembly comprising,

• an upper bracket assembly and a lower bracket assembly, each said assembly including a clamping plate and fasteners for clamping the bracket assembly to the post and an apertured clamp member receiving said fasteners,
• an elongate ground engageable member attached at one of its ends to the lower bracket assembly, an elongate brace attached at one end to the upper bracket assembly and at its remaining end to said ground engageable member, and
• wherein said apertured clamp member including angularly orientated surfaces some of which project rearwardly from a fence post equipped with said upper bracket assembly and said lower bracket assembly, said elongate ground engaging member and said elongate brace engageable with certain of said surfaces to support the post against rearward displacement.