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US 6,499,514 B1Granted
Fencing clip and tool
OwnerRickey E. Hodge, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
A clip for securing a fence wire to a post and a tool for using the clip. The clip is formed from a piece of wire having: The tool includes: two prongs spaced apart for each other a distance roughly equal to the distance between the outer bends of the clip. In use, an aperture is formed by the interaction between the clip and a fence wire. The prongs are inserted through the apertures so formed and rotated to cause the outer portions of the clip to wrap around the fence wire.
Claims4
A system for securing fencing material to a post comprising:
- a clip formed from a single piece of wire including:
- a first U-shaped section, said first U-shaped section beginning at a first end of said wire;
- a second U-shaped section, said second U-shaped section beginning at a second end of said wire opposite said first end;
- and
- a concave section formed between said first U-shaped section and said second U-shaped section,
- wherein said first U-shaped section and said second U-shaped section lie in a first plane and said concave section lies in a second plane and the angle between said first plane and said second plane is acute, and
- wherein said first end and said second end terminate above the fence wire when the clip is placed around a fence post and over the fence wire.
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A method for forming a fencing clip from a malleable wire including the steps of:
- (a) from a first end of the wire, bending first a U-shaped section, said first U-shaped section lying in a first plane and having:
- a first leg including said first end;
- a second leg;
- and
- a rear face;
- (b) bending the wire extending from said second leg toward said rear face to form a first acute angle respective to said second leg said first acute angle being formed at a location such that said first leg is longer than said second leg;
- (c) bending the wire to form a concave section lying in a second plane, the angle between said first plane and said second plane being defined by said first acute angle;
- (d) bending the wire to form a third leg extending substantially parallel to said second leg and lying in said first plane;
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- (e) bending a second U-shaped section, said second U-shaped section including said third leg and a fourth leg terminating at a second end of the wire opposite said first end, said second U-shaped section being substantially a mirror image of said first U-shaped section and lying in said first plane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.