Claims
- 1. A fence post construction comprising an elongate body of cured concrete, said body having opposite side faces, said body being double tapered so that the width thereof between the opposite side faces increases from one end of the body to an intermediate portion thereof and then decreases to an end opposite said one end of the body, a first rigid end member engaged against said one end of the body and a second rigid end member engaged against the opposite end of the body, external tensioning means having one run engaging one of said side faces and another run engaging the other of said side face for holding said end members against the respective ends of the body and securing means holding said tensioning means in tensioned condition for placing the cured concrete of said body under longitudinal compression between said end members and for pressing said runs upon said body to place the cured concrete of said body under transverse compression between said runs.
- 2. A fence post as defined in claim 1 wherein each side face is provided with a longitudinal groove having a bottom and walls, said runs engaging the bottoms of the respective longitudinal grooves.
- 3. A fence post as defined in claim 2 wherein said body is made of compressed concrete which has been cured.
- 4. A fence post as defined in claim 2 wherein said opposite side faces are provided with transverse grooves which are formed in the walls of said longitudinal grooves and extend transversely thereof to receive fastening elements passing beneath said runs.
- 5. A fence post as defined in claim 4 wherein said transverse grooves are disposed at an acute angle with respect to said longitudinal grooves.
- 6. A fence post as defined in claim 1 wherein said runs each comprise a metal core and a protective sheath therefor.
- 7. A fence post as defined in claim 2 wherein said runs each comprise a metal core and a protective sheath therefor.
- 8. A fence post as defined in claim 5 wherein said runs each comprise a metal core and a protective sheath therefor.
- 9. A fence post construction as defined in claim 1 wherein said external tensioning means also includes third and fourth runs, said third and fourth runs extending along opposite side faces of said body which are adjacent said one side face and said other side face and being held in tensioned condition by said securing means, said third run being located in outwardly spaced relation with respect to its associated side face of the body.
- 10. An improved fence post construction which comprises the combination of:
- an elongate body of compressed, cured concrete having a first end at one end of the body and a second end at the opposite end of the body, said first end defining a first end surface delineating the transverse extremity of said first end of the body and said second end defining a second end surface delineating the transverse extremity of said second end of the body;
- a first metal end member seated on said first end surface;
- a second metal end member seated on said second end surface; and
- tension rod means extending between said first and said second end members externally of said body and interconnecting said first and second end members for tensioning said tension rod means so as to urge said end members together to bear against their respective end surfaces of the body and thereby place and maintain the concrete of said body between said end members under compression after the concrete is cured.
- 11. An improved fence post construction as defined in claim 10 wherein said first end member engages said first end surface throughout substantially the entire area thereof and said second end member engages said second end surface throughout substantially the entire area thereof.
- 12. An improved fence post construction as defined in claim 11 wherein said body defines a first side surface extending from said first end surface to said second end surface and a second side surface extending from said first end surface to said second end surface, said first side surface and said second side surface defining opposite side surfaces of the body, said first side surface having a first groove therein extending from said first end surface to said second end surface and defining a generally U-shaped wall having a bottom and opposite side wall portions, said second side surface having a second groove therein extending from said first end surface to said second end surface and defining a generally U-shaped wall having a bottom and opposite side wall portions, said tension rod means comprising a first tension rod portion lying in said first groove and a second tension rod portion lying in said second groove, said first tension rod portion having a free end passing through said first end member and said second tension rod portion having a free end passing through said first end member, said tension rod portions extending from their free ends to said second end member and having a U-shaped portion joining said tension rod portions and passing over said second end member, and means at said free ends of said tension rod portions and bearing against said first end member for maintaining said tension rod means under tension.
- 13. A fence post construction as defined in claim 10 wherein said tension rod means includes one tension element located in outwardly spaced relation to said body.
- 14. A fence post construction as defined in claim 13 wherein said tension rod means includes four separate tension elements of which one is said one tension element and said four tension elements are distributed generally uniformly around the body.
- 15. A fence post construction as defined in claim 11 wherein said tension rod means includes one tension element located in outwardly spaced relation to said body.
- 16. A fence post construction as defined in claim 15 wherein said tension rod means includes four separate tension elements of which one is said one tension element and said four tension elements are distributed generally uniformly around the body.
- 17. A fence post construction as defined in claim 12 wherein said tension rod means includes one tension element located in outwardly spaced relation to said body.
- 18. A fence post construction as defined in claim 17 wherein said tension rod means includes four separate tension elements of which one is said one tension element and said four tension elements are distributed generally uniformly around the body.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 440,718, filed Nov. 10, 1982, now abandoned.
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