Electric fence post standard

• US 3,994,478 A
• Filed: 07/30/1975
• Issued: 11/30/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: William Specht
• Original Assignee: William Specht
• Inventors: Specht, William
• Primary Examiner(s): Schroeder, Werner H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Troutman, Doris L.
• Application Number:
  US05/600,525
• Time in Patent Office: 489 Days
• Field of Search: 256/10, 174/158 F, 404/6, 40/125 M
• US Class Current: 256/10
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 3/005 Electrified fencing for pastures

Abstract

A portable electric fence post is disclosed for supporting a conventional electric fence wire to provide an enclosure for livestock which is easily moved and stored, said portable electric fence post includes a vehicle tire casing which lays on a side wall to form a ground support, two support members formed of concrete reinforcing rod having lower ends bent transverse to the main portion of the support member and having upper ends which are bent outwardly relative to the lower ends thereof, a post member similar to the support members except the upper end thereof is longer than the upper ends of the support members and forms the post which supports the electric fence wire, and a rubber sleeve whereby the portable electric fence post is formed by inserting the lower ends of the support members and the post member at equally spaced apart positions into the upper side wall of the tire casing and bringing the upper ends of the members together to form a tripod with the rubber sleeve surrounding a portion of the upper ends of the members with the upper end of the post member extending above the sleeve thereby providing a portable post to which the electric fence wire may be attached by any desired means.

Claims

1. A collapsible and portable post for supporting a conventional electric fence wire to provide an easily transported enclosure for livestock, said post comprising a tire casing having three spaced apart holes in a wall thereof, said tire casing providing an insulating base for said post, three support members with each support member formed of a rod having an S-shaped lower end extending transversely from a main portion thereof and an upper end inclined outwardly relative to the lower end thereof, said S-shaped lower ends inserted into said holes in the tire casing with a portion of the S-shaped lower end engaging an inner surface of said wall, and a means for connecting said upper ends of said support members, thereby creating a tripod base above said tire casing wherein an electric fence wire may be connected to one of said members and a plurality of said posts may be assembled to form a portable enclosure for livestock.

2. The portable electric fence post of claim 1 wherein the means for connecting the upper ends of the elongated members comprises an elastic sleeve which is stretched around a portion of the upper ends of the support members.

3. The portable post of claim 1 additionally including insulating sleeves extending over the lower ends of said members.

4. The portable post of claim 1 wherein the holes in the tire casing extend through a side wall thereof at approximately equal distances from each other and close to the tread of the tire.