Installing a wire fence to a post

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11655651-B2
Application number	US-202017104292-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2020
Priority date	Nov 27, 2019
Publication date	May 23, 2023
Grant date	May 23, 2023

Abstract

A method to install a wire fence includes providing horizontal and vertical wires and connecting them to form a wire fence. The method further includes providing a post to form a termination of the wire fence, providing one hole for each horizontal wire in the post, and driving the post into the ground. The method further includes inserting the horizontal wire ends through the holes in the post, attaching wire tensioning devices to some of the horizontal wire ends, and stretching the horizontal wires by the tensioning devices. The method further includes keeping the tensioning devices on the horizontal wire ends. The tensioning devices keep the horizontal wires attached to the pole, and placing a cover plate to the post to cover the tensioning devices and the horizontal wire ends.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of installing a wire fence to a post,
said wire fence comprising horizontal and vertical wires,
said horizontal wires having horizontal wire ends,
said method comprising the following steps:
a) providing horizontal wires;
b) providing vertical wires;
c) connecting the vertical wires to the horizontal wires to form a wire fence;
d) providing a post;
e) providing holes in said post, one hole for each horizontal wire;
f) driving said post into the ground;
g) providing sufficient length at said horizontal wire ends to allow termination and tensioning of said horizontal wires;
h) inserting said horizontal wire ends through said holes;
i) attaching wire tensioning devices to some of said horizontal wire ends;
j) stretching said horizontal wires by means of said tensioning devices;
k) keeping said tensioning devices on said horizontal wire ends; and
l) placing a cover plate to said post to cover said tensioning devices and said horizontal wire ends.

2. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein in step i) wire tensioning devices are attached to all of said horizontal wire ends.

3. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein step c) of connecting the vertical wires to the horizontal wires is done by a piece of wire that forms a knot.

4. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein step g) of providing sufficient length is done by removing one or more vertical wires.

5. The method of according to claim 1 ,
wherein a bottom plate is attached to said post in step d) so that said bottom plate divides said post into an upper part intended to stay above the ground and a lower part intended to be driven into the ground.

6. The method according to claim 5 ,
wherein said bottom plate is reinforced.

7. The method according to claim 6 ,
wherein step f) of driving said post into the ground is done by exercising force on said bottom plate.

8. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of said horizontal wires comprises a first breaking load and each of said vertical wires comprises a second breaking load, and
wherein the first breaking load is higher than the second breaking load.

Assignees

• Bekaert Sa Nv

Inventors

• Aspinwall David
• Lehr Curran

Classifications

• E04H17/04

  characterised by the use of specially adapted wire, e.g. barbed wire {, wire mesh, toothed strip or the like; Coupling means therefor} · CPC title

• E04H17/12 Primary

  the wire being placed in slots, grooves, or the like · CPC title

• E04H17/131

  the wire being tensioned by one or more springs · CPC title

• E04H17/127

  Stretcher-type wire fencing; Tensioning devices for wire fencing · CPC title