Portable fencing system and components therefor

• US 6,866,252 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2001
• Issued: 03/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bryan J. Pulliam
• Original Assignee: Bryan J. Pulliam
• Inventors: Pulliam, Bryan J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cottingham, John R.
• Application Number:
  US09/766,222
• Publication Number:
  US 20010045554A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,516 Days
• Field of Search: 256/32, 256/35, 256/36, 256/37, 256/40, 256/41, 256/42, 256/47
• US Class Current: 256/40
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 3/001 Portable, temporary, and collapsible fencing for pastures
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 17/08 Anchoring means therefor, e.g. specially-shaped parts entering the ground; Struts or the like

Abstract

A portable fencing system in a barricade or corridor arrangement utilizes at a minimum one each of a corner post fixture, and a fence wire. In an enclosure arrangement, the portable fencing system can utilize at least one winch corner fixture, a plurality of corner post fixtures, a plurality of spacer posts and a plurality of fence wires. Spacer posts are spaced from one another and from a winch corner fixture and corner post fixtures such that the winch corner fixture, corner post fixtures, spacer posts and fence wires all together can form any suitable arrangement in relation to one another to provide an enclosure barrier around an area or a barricade or corridor along a side of an area.

Claims

1. A winch corner fixture useful in a portable fencing system, comprising:

a non-telescoping main support frame having at least three mounting portions angularly displaced from one another about a central vertical axis of said main support frame;

at least two means functioning to secure portions of a fence wire to said main support frame;

a plurality of at least three spaced apart leg members each pivotally mounted to one of said three mounting portions of said main support frame such that said leg members can be set up in a tripod configuration about said central vertical axis of said support frame with said leg members angularly displaced from one another about said central vertical axis at the same angular displacements of said three mounting portions of said support frame from one another; and

a winch assembly supported on said main support frame above said three mounting portions thereof.

2. The fixture of claim 1 wherein the fixture is removably anchorable on a ground segment for providing an end of a barricade.

3. The fixture of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of at least three ground anchor stakes each attached to an end of one of said leg members and adapted to be inserted into a ground segment by stepping thereon.

4. The fixture of claim 3 wherein each of said ground anchor stakes has a stake portion extending inwardly toward said central vertical axis in a transverse relation from said one of said leg member such that said stake portion is insertable into the ground segment by stepping on said ground anchor stake on an opposite side thereof from said stake portion.

5. The fixture of claim 4 wherein said stake portion extends at about a 90°

angle to said leg member.

6. The fixture of claim 1 wherein said fence wire portions securing means is a plurality of brackets attached to said main support frame adjacent to said three mounting portions thereof and adapted for securing a portion of the fence wire to a selected one of said brackets.

7. The fixture of claim 1 wherein the winch assembly further comprises a length of fence wire storable thereon and extendable therefrom.

8. The fixture of claim 1 wherein the winch assembly further comprises a first and second strand of fence wire extended therefrom, wherein a portion of said first strand is secured to a selected one of said securing means and a portion of said second strand is secured to a selected one of said securing means.

9. The fixture of claim 1, wherein the winch assembly further comprises a bracket having a fastener to the main support frame, said bracket being rotatable in orientation to the main support frame.

10. The fixture of claim 1 wherein a portion of the length of fence wire is secured to a winch corner fixture anchor bracket.

11. The fixture of claim 3 further comprising a mounting point device adapted to support one of said ground anchor stakes and thereby assist setup of said winch corner fixture on a ground segment of a character lacking in the strength normally required to accommodate the setting up of said fixture.

12. The fixture of claim 11 wherein said mounting point device means further comprises a support base member and penetration means extending downwardly from said support base member, said penetration means functioning to enhance the anchorage of said fixture when said one of said anchor stakes is inserted into a hole in the support base member and placed into a ground segment.

13. The fixture of claim 12 wherein said mounting point device means further comprises a handle to facilitate extraction of said mounting point device means from the ground segment.

14. The system of claim 3 further comprising surface mounting device means functioning to support and thereby assist setup of said fixture on a ground segment of a character where penetration is not possible or permitted.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein said surface mounting device means further comprises a lower member and an upper member pivotally mounted to one end of said lower member, said lower member having an end means functioning to receive one of said anchor stakes.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein said upper member has an end means functioning to receive one of said anchor stakes.