Fences – Rail – Connection
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-19
2006-09-19
Brittain, James R. (Department: 3679)
Fences
Rail
Connection
C256S001000, C256S035000, C256SDIG006, C256S032000, C256S047000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07108249
ABSTRACT:
High fence supports can be expensive, difficult to ship, and awkward to install. Often, and particularly for the control of deer, it is desirable to increase the height of existing fence that uses steel T-posts for support. The T-post extender combined with a steel T-post becomes a high fence support useful for supporting high fence. A T-post extender consists of a longitudinal element, typically a length of steel rebar, and a stop element, typically a washer welded to the longitudinal element at a selected location along its length. For existing T-post fence supports, the T-post extender is slipped into place alongside the top of the T-post where it is captured laterally by existing wire ties and vertically by the stop element resting against the top of the T-post under the force of gravity. This arrangement has cost, installation, and shipping advantages both in new high fence construction and in the case where the height of existing T-post supported fence must be increased.
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Brittain James R.
Mills Daniel J.
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