Fence post
AssigneeGram Engineering Pty Ltd
InventorRonald Leslie Mann
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Abstract
There is provided a fence post having a web and locating elements for engagement with an end portion of a barrier panel. The web has opposite inner and outer surfaces, and is profiled to facilitate alignment of the fence post with another said post when those posts are arranged back to back with the outer surfaces of the webs in abutting relation. The web incorporates at least one longitudinal groove that in use provides a channel between the abutting webs of fence posts for drainage of water from between the posts. There is also provided an intermediate fence post assembly having two of the posts arranged back to back with their respective webs in abutting relation, as well as a fence incorporating a plurality of the fence posts and/or fence post assemblies.
Claims16
A first fence post and a second fence post each having a web and locating elements for engagement with an end portion of a first barrier panel and second barrier panel, the web of each fence post having opposite inner and outer surfaces and being profiled to include an inwardly directed rib, and an outwardly directed rib,
- the inwardly directed rib and outwardly directed rib of the first fence post are at least partially nested in a corresponding outwardly directed rib and inwardly directed rib of the second fence post, respectively, when the first and second fence posts are arranged with the outer surfaces of the web of each fence post in abutment to facilitate alignment of the abutting first and second fence posts;
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- wherein each of the inwardly directed ribs extends from its respective web for a greater distance than each of the corresponding outwardly directed ribs to form drainage channels therebetween when the first fence post is in abutment with the second fence post.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.