# US 9,004,423 B2 · Fence post platform attachment device

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- Number: US 9,004,423 B2
- Document ID: US9004423B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/831,628
- Filed: 2013-03-15
- Published: 2014-09-18
- Granted: 2015-04-14
- Earliest claimed: 2013-03-15
- Applicants: Charles Aldrich
- Inventors: Charles Aldrich
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9004423B2

## CPC

- E04H 17/20: Posts therefor
- A01G 25/00: Watering gardens, fields, sports grounds or the like (special apparatus or adaptations for fertilising-liquids A01C23/00; nozzles or outlets, spraying apparatus B05B)
- A01K 31/14: Nest-boxes {, e.g. for singing birds or the like}
- E01F 9/00: Arrangement of road signs or traffic signals; Arrangements for enforcing caution (for obstructing or restricting traffic E01F13/00)
- E04H 12/2253: {Mounting poles or posts to the holder (E04H12/2284 takes precedence; break-away mountings E01F9/631)}
- E04H 17/006: {Caps or covers for posts}
- E04H 17/1413: {Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members}
- E04H 17/1456: {the ends of the rails being located in vertical channels extending along a substantial portion of the length of the post}
- E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D)
- A01G: HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING (picking of fruits, vegetables, hops or the like A01D46/00; propagating unicellular algae C12N1/12)
- A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- E01F: ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE

## Abstract

A fence post platform attachment device fits on top of a T-post has a top platform portion that allows objects such as birdhouses, signs, sprinklers, lockboxes, etc. to be secured to the T-post. A cross-shaped body portion is formed by bending a sheet of steel into a hollow cross shape and welding it to the top platform portion. A series of holes are disposed along the corners of the top platform portion to allow a user to attach the desired object. Fasteners such as bolts securely hold the selected objet to the top platform portion thereby securing it to the T-post fence post.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A fence post platform attachment device that fits on top of a T-post comprises:
a generally square planar platform top portion;
said platform top portion having a plurality of attachment holes disposed therein;
a platform body attached to said planar platform top portion;
said platform body having a cross-shaped opening adapted to fit over the top portion of said T-post; each leg of said cross-shaped opening being of equal length whereby said cross-shaped opening is selectively positionable in one of four possible orientations over said T-post; and
said cross-shaped opening forming a contained hollow space having a length generally the same as said planar top portion wherein said contained hollow space is open only on a bottom portion therein.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The fence post platform attachment device that fits on top of a T-post according to claim 1 wherein said plurality of attachment holes are placed at the four corners of said platform top portion.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The fence post platform attachment device that fits on top of a T-post according to claim 2 further comprising an attachment hole disposed in the center of said platform top portion.