US107883A - Wells crumb - Google Patents

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` To whomit may concern,

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1F are props, hinged to and between the splices and uprights WELLsoRUMBQoF cotoMA, Mien-'Ican- Lettersv Patent No. lili, dated October 4, 18770. I'

"IMFROVEMENT IN PoRrABLE- Fences'.

' The Schedule referred toln these Letters Patent and makingipart of the same Be it knownt-hat I, XVELLS Gnomiz, Coloma, in

" the county of Berrie'n and Stateof Michigan, havev invented a new and useful Improvement in Portable y 1 euces`;\.andI do` declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, re'ferencebeing had toV `the accompanying drawing` and to the letters of reference marked thereouand being a part of this Figure lis anelevationof yasection or panel ofmy Figure 2 is a cross-section on the line :ein

, Like letters indicate like parts in eaeh'gure.

y The natureA of this invention relates to `:in improved'` construction ot portable fences and gates, and consists the same when erected, or inlike manner any suitable gate, either single or double, 'and the arrangement of itsvarious part-s, as more fully hereinafter set forthgv i In the drawing-e'` y ls-represents the horizontal stripsorv'hoards of'a section `of Tence, having nailed to their side at one end the gate uprightlB, and near the end`ot` the'sccl; tion, on theoppo'site side, asimilar upright, B'. Y,

Other llprights, vCG', are in like manner secured to the other end 'ofthe section, 'which may be snrmounted with a covering-board, D, it desired. i

N ear eachuprigl1t, and parallel therewith, al short E, is `nailed to and across two of the If a gate isto be hungito the section, a brace, G,

` may be diagonally nailed across the horizontal boards. Que-half ofthe props, or "all of them, except that at the gate-post, may be `short enough to reach up` hinges I. in thelpeculiar 'arrangement ofla seriesV of props," r u hinged to each panel, for the purpose ot supporting about two-thirds Vof thejheight of the panelf- Thev prop at thev gate-post should extend to the topltherei .All of theprops may, if' desired, beproridledwith a heavy nail or' spike in their lower ends', or the lower ends may be s`harpened,to giveA the prop a hold on the ground. i Y Y The manner of su'stainingithe panels by means of the props isso clearly shown'in fig. 2 of the drawing, as to require no further explanation, except that be-` ing hinged they may be more or less extended outf ward `from the ground. z

H 'is a gate, pivoted to the upright B by means of panel ,onl a hill-side, or on broken The gate shown is onefhali' of a double gate, but a single gate may be used instead; in either case, the gate is provided with the props l `to fasten, open,:or shut, and which, when not inuse., may be turned up out of the way.

The gate shown is made of pickets, but 4may be constructed in a similar style with the fence.

` I do not intend to confine myself to the exact construction ot the body of the fence as shown, as the sameV maybe varied iml'einitely by the substitution of wire forithe horizontal boards', &c.

lVhen not `inuse, or in transportation,lthe props may be coni'pactly'bldedagainst they panels.

WhatI claimas my invention, and desire -oto secure p by Letters Patent, is

The hinged `props F, in combination with the up. right-s B Bp', G and. C', and the splices E, for supporting a fenceor gate, constructed and'arranged substantially asr described and shown;v

. y WELLS GR'UMB.

Witnesses: y

DANIEL Moons, REBECCA Moons.

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