Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
260 words
An outrigger arm assembly adapted for use with a hollow upright fence post having a top end portion with a top end, comprising: a. hollow outrigger arm configurated in the form of an upright portion and an inclined portion, wherein said upright portion has a top end and a bottom end and said inclined portion has a first end, a second end, an upper external surface and a lower external surface; b. means, connected to said lower external surface of said inclined portion of said hollow outrigger arm, for holding and supporting a plurality of wires transverse to said inclined portion wherein said means includes a plurality of hooks connected, in spaced-apart relationship, to said lower external surface of said inclined portion of said hollow outrigger arm; c. means, in abutting contact with said inclined portion of said hollow outrigger arm, for sensing movement of said inclined portion, wherein said means for sensing movement of said inclined portion comprises a sensor positioned within said inclined portion, with said sensor so disposed that it is activated when said inclined portion is moved a predetermined number of degrees from the normal inclination of said inclined portion; d. means, disposed internal of said hollow upright fence post and said hollow outrigger arm, for maintaining said hollow outrigger arm in a preselected positional relationship with and to said hollow upright fence post; e. and, means for releasably holding together and supporting said top end portion of said hollow upright fence post and said bottom end of said upright portion of said hollow outrigger arm.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
260 words
An outrigger arm assembly adapted for use with a hollow upright fence post having a top end portion with a top end, comprising: a. hollow outrigger arm configurated in the form of an upright portion and an inclined portion, wherein said upright portion has a top end and a bottom end and said inclined portion has a first end, a second end, an upper external surface and a lower external surface; b. means, connected to said lower external surface of said inclined portion of said hollow outrigger arm, for holding and supporting a plurality of wires transverse to said inclined portion wherein said means includes a plurality of hooks connected, in spaced-apart relationship, to said lower external surface of said inclined portion of said hollow outrigger arm; c. means, in abutting contact with said inclined portion of said hollow outrigger arm, for sensing movement of said inclined portion, wherein said means for sensing movement of said inclined portion comprises a sensor positioned within said inclined portion, with said sensor so disposed that it is activated when said inclined portion is moved a predetermined number of degrees from the normal inclination of said inclined portion; d. means, disposed internal of said hollow upright fence post and said hollow outrigger arm, for maintaining said hollow outrigger arm in a preselected positional relationship with and to said hollow upright fence post; e. and, means for releasably holding together and supporting said top end portion of said hollow upright fence post and said bottom end of said upright portion of said hollow outrigger arm.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
An outrigger arm assembly, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said means for maintaining said hollow outrigger arm in a preselected positional relationship with and to said hollow upright fence post is a coiled spring disposed within said hollow outriggerarm and said top end portion of said hollow upright fence post.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
93 words
An outrigger arm assembly, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said means for releasably holding together and supporting said top end portion of said hollow upright fence post and said upright portion of said hollow outrigger arm is a collar that is fitted over and holds together said top end portion of said hollow upright fence post and said upright portion of said hollow outrigger arm, wherein said collar is made of material that breaks when a load of preselected quantity is applied to said inclined portion of said hollow outrigger arm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
An outrigger arm assembly, as set forth in claim 3, wherein the load of preselected quantity is in the range of twenty to thirty pounds.