Fence stay construction

Abstract

A fence stay construction ( 10 ) for maintaining the vertical spacing of strands of fence wire ( 101 ) suspended between fence posts ( 100 ); wherein, the stay construction ( 10 ) includes an elongated bifurcated shaft member ( 20 ) fabricated from plastic material ( 21 ) and forming two support legs ( 22 ) ( 23 ) having abutting surfaces provided with a plurality of vertically spaced opposed recesses ( 24 ) for captively engaging and maintaining the strands of wire ( 101 ) at a desired vertical spacing relative to one another.

1 . A fence stay construction for maintaining the strands of a wire fence at a preferred vertical spacing relative to one another wherein the construction comprises: 
 a pair of support legs adapted to be secured to one another in an abutting fashion wherein at least one of the abutting surfaces of the support legs is provided with a plurality of vertically spaced recesses dimensioned to selectively receive a portion of the strands of wire.    
     
     
         2 . The construction as in  claim 1;  wherein; both of the abutting surfaces of the support legs are provided with a plurality of opposed vertically spaced recesses that are dimensioned to selectively receive the strands of wire.  
     
     
         3 . The construction as in  claim 1;  wherein, said support legs are formed integrally with one another.  
     
     
         4 . The construction as in claim  2 ; wherein, said support legs are formed integrally with one another.  
     
     
         5 . The construction as in claim  3 ; wherein, the support legs are fabricated from plastic material.  
     
     
         6 . The construction as in claim  4 ; wherein, the support legs are fabricated from plastic material.  
     
     
         7 . The construction as in claim  2 ; wherein, the support legs have upper portions which are joined together to form an elongated bifurcated shaft member.  
     
     
         8 . The construction as in  claim 1;  wherein, the abutting surfaces of the support legs include at least one tongue and groove arrangement.  
     
     
         9 . The construction as in claim  3 ; wherein, the support legs have an upper captive end and a lower free end; wherein, the lower free ends of the support leg members are provided with a latch and groove arrangement.  
     
     
         10 . The construction as in claim  3 ; wherein, the abutting surfaces of the support legs include at least one tongue and groove arrangement.  
     
     
         11 . The construction as in claim  10 ; wherein, the support legs have an upper captive end and a lower free end; wherein, the lower free ends of the support leg members are provided with a latch and groove arrangement.