Wire network for hop-growing fields

Claim 1

In a subdivided support system for hop vines including vertically extending support poles and a substantially horizontally disposed wire framework divided into subdivisions supported thereby the combination comprising, a corner pole disposed at each of the four corners of each subdivision of the framework, each such corner pole including a shank portion, a bottom cap mounted thereon including mounting means, at least one intermediate outside pole of similar construction as said corner pole disposed between each of said corner poles along a side of said framework, at least one intermediate inside pole disposed beTween each intermediate outside pole, said intermediate inside poles each including a shank portion, a top cap mounted thereon, said top cap including clamping means to supportingly receive the clamp selected portions of said framework, base members embedded in the ground, said corner and said intermediate outside poles being mounted on said base members and extending upwardly and outwardly, said corner poles and said intermediate outside poles being mounted on said base members and extending upwardly and outwardly with respect to the interior of said framework, said intermediate inside poles mounted substantially perpendicularly to the ground and including mounting means on the bottom ends thereof, said mounting means including a base member imbedded in the ground, guy wire means interconnecting each corner and each outside intermediate pole with the ground to maintain said angular disposition of said poles, an outside wire cable connected to each corner pole in each subdivision and in contact with each intermediate outside pole, a plurality of parallel top wires each connected to and extending between said intermediate outside poles and clamped to selected intermediate inside poles, a plurality of parallel supporting wires connected to said outside cables and extending across selected top wire cables and in parallel relation with selected other top wire cables, and a plurality of vine cables connected at spaced intervals to said supporting cables and extending to the ground in close proximity to said hop vines.