Gate hinge support clamp device

Claim 1

A HINGE BRACKET DEVICE FOR PIVOTALLY CONNECTING A STRUCTURAL MEMBER TO A POST MEMBER HAVING A CROSS-SECTION CONSISTING OF FOUR SIDES, COMPRISING A NARROW FLAT FLEXIBLE STRAP MEMBER FOR MOUNTING ON SAID POST MEMBER, SAID STRAP MEMBER TERMINATING IN A PAIR OF PARALLEL EXTENDING SPACED APERTURED ENDS, A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL MATING HALF MEMBERS EACH HAVING A TRANSVERSELY AND HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING APERTURED BOSS ARRANGED IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT, A JAW EXTENDING FROM ONE END OF EACH BOSS HAVING A VERTICALLY EXTENDING CONCAVITY THEREIN AND A WING EXTENDING OUTWARDLY AND ANGULARLY FROM THE OPPOSITE END OF EACH BOSS, WITH THE ANGULARITY BETWEEN THE WINGS OF SAID MATING HALF MEMBERS BEING EQUAL TO THE ANGLE BETWEEN A PAIR OF ADJACENT SIDES OF SAID POST MEMBER, THE OUTER END OF EACH WING EXTENDING TO A POINT INTERMEDIATE THE WIDTH OF ITS RESPECTIVE SIDE OF SAID PAIR OF ADJACENT SIDES OF SAID POST MEMBER, EACH WING AND BOSS OF EACH MATING HALF MEMBER HAVING SPACED GUIDES WITH A RECESSED SURFACE THEREBETWEEN ON THEIR RESPECTIVE INNER FACES FOR RECEIVING IN SURFACE ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH SAID STRAP MEMBER, THE DEPTH OF EACH SAID RECESSED SURFACE CORRESPODNING TO THE THICKNESS OF SAID STRAP MEMBER AND EACH SAID RECESSED SURFACE BEING PARALLEL TO THE INNER FACE OF ITS RESPECTIVE MATING HALF MEMBER, AND MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID APERTURED BOSSES AND APERTURED TERMINATING ENDS OF SAID STRAP MEMBER FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY HOLDING SAID TERMINATING ENDS OF SAID STRAP MEMER BETWEEN THE RESPECTIVE RECESSED SURFACES OF SAID MATING HALF MEMBERS, WHEREBY SAID STRAP MEMBER IS HELD IN SURFACE ENGAGEMENT WITH SUSBTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF EACH SIDE OF SAID PAIR OF ADJACENT SIDES OF SAID POST MEMBER, WITH THE CONCAVITIES OF SAID JAWS SIMULTANEOUSLY BEING DRAWN TOGETHER TO FORM A CONTINUOUS SURFACE FOR RECEIVING A PORTION OF SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBER.