US729779A - Panel fence. - Google Patents

Description

l No. 729,779. PATBNTED 7171757; "2, 190:3."

` K. MAHAN.

PANEL FENCE. 1 APPLIOATION FILED oo'r.9, u1901.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES.-

'Patented' June 2, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

PANEL FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,779, dated June 2, 1903.

Serial No. 78,123. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it pta/y u/cern:

Be it known that l, MATT K. MAHAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartsells, in the county of Morgan and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Panel Fence, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in fences.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of fences and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive one of a portable character, capable of being quickly set up for use and adapted to be conveniently carried.

A further object of the invention is to provide a fence of this character which will dispense with numerous posts or stakes that are driven Orotherwise mounted in the ground.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of a fence constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2is a detail sectional view illustrating the manner of securing the panels to the top wire.

Like numerals Vof reference designate corresponding parts in both figures of the drawings.

`l l designate similar panels, designed to be constructed of any suitable material which will render tliemlight and portable, and each panel is composed of end uprights or bars 2 and connecting planks or rails 3, which may be of any desired number and which are suitably secured to the end bars or uprights. The panels which rest upon the ground are connected by bottom ties 4, of wire or other suitable material.l The wire of which the tie is constructed is arranged on the lower ends of the uprights or bars, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2, and its ends are suitably secured together, preferably by twisting. Any number of panels may be arranged betweentwo end posts or supports 5,2which inayconsist of trees or may be formed by ordinary fenceposts. These posts 5 are firmly set in the ground and in practice will be placed at a distance of about one hundred yards apart. The uprights or bars 2, adjacent to the posts or supports 5, are secured at their lower ends to the same by bottom ties G, constructed of wire and arranged similar to those heretofore described.

The panels are supported and prevented from swaying laterally by means of a top wire 7 stretched from one post or support 5 to the other and suitably secured to the same, preferably by being passed around the posts or supports 5 and twisted on the body portion of the supporting-wire. The upper ends of the barsor uprights 2 of the panels are provided with narrow vertical slots 8 for the re- 'ception of the supporting-wire 7, which is secured in the slots by means of removable pins or keys 9, arranged at an inclination, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, to prevent them from being accidentally jolted out of the perforations of the uprights or bars. The removable pins or keys present inclined portions to the horizontal top wires 7 and hold the same against the end bars or uprights at the bottoms of the slots. These slots or bifurcations, which extend downward from the top of the bars or uprights, may be arranged in any suitable manner, but are preferably disposed in alinement, as shown, and by securing the upper ends of the uprights or bars to the top wire in this manner the panels may be readily detached and numerous wire ties and analogous devices are dispensed with.

lt will be seen that thefence, which is simple and comparatively `inexpensive in construction, may be rapidly erected, that the panels, which may be constructed of any suitable material, can be conveniently carried or hauled from one place to another, and that the'top wirewhen stretched to the proper tension is adapted to support the panels against lateral movement.4 lt will also be apparent that by constructing a fence as herein shown and described the digging of numerous post-holes and the driving `of stakes are obviated.

In a fence, the combination with a horizontal suppo1ting-wire, of means for supporting the same, a removable panel having end bars provided with slots to receive the sup- ICO porting-Wire and with inclined transverse In testimony that I claim the foregoing as perforations, and removable keys inserted my own I have hereto axed my signature in through the perforations above and in Contact the presence of two Witnesses.

with the supporting-Wire, whereby the keys will be maintained at an inclination to prevent their accidental escape and to maintain the Wire securely in the slots.

MATT K. MAHAN.

Witnesses z JOSEPH A. WEST, JAMES H. CoRSBIs.

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