Cover for a post made out of box section for enclosures especially those made out of woven fencing

US4948099A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• Hoescht Aktiengesellschaft · DE
• Schwarzfeller Draht+ Zaun GmbH · DE
• Zaun GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Werner Brand · Berlin, DE
• Gerhard Rohr · Schwerte, DE
• Heinz Werner · Lennep, DE
• Holger Schwarzfeller · Erkrath, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 4, 1989
• Grant date: Aug 14, 1990
• Expiry date: Apr 4, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E04H17/006
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A cap with a covering portion to cover a post having a rectangular-shaped cross-section for holding woven fencing having longitudinal rods. The cap is formed from a sheet metal blank and has a cover component that may be secured to the post. This cover has a width equal to the width of the post, and a depth which is greater than that of the post. The cap has an excess portion which extneds beyond the depth of the post and is provided with cut-outs along a section of an edge adjacent to the post. Free ends of sections connected to the cover have joggs extending from the cover to the cross-section of the post and matching cross-sections of the longitudinal rods in the fencing. These sectoins connected with a cover have excess portions extending beyond the depth of the post with slits to form webs extending to bases of the excess portions.