Fence post-protecting system

Abstract

The fence post-protecting system is configured for use with a fence. The fence post-protecting system forms a sleeve structure that encloses the fence post below the ground. The fence post-protecting system protects the portion of the fence post that is below the ground. The fence post-protecting system is buried in the ground. The fence post inserts into the fence post-protecting system after the fence post-protecting system has been buried in the ground. The fence post-protecting system comprises a vertical shell, a pedestal disk, and an epoxy. The vertical shell attaches the pedestal disk. The fence post inserts into the fence post-protecting system through the vertical shell. The epoxy is poured into the vertical shell and the pedestal disk after the fence post is inserted into the fence post-protecting system. The epoxy forms a fluid impermeable coating around the fence post that protects the fence post.

The inventor claims: 
     
         1 . A fence post-protecting system comprising
 a vertical shell, a pedestal disk, and an epoxy;   wherein the vertical shell attaches to the pedestal disk;   wherein the epoxy is poured into the vertical shell and the pedestal disk;   wherein the fence post-protecting system is configured for use with a fence;   wherein the fence further comprises a fence post;   wherein the fence post is configured to be buried in the ground;   wherein the fence post-protecting system is buried in the ground;   wherein the fence post inserts into the fence post-protecting system after the fence post-protecting system has been buried in the ground;   wherein the fence post-protecting system forms a sleeve structure that encloses the portion of the fence post that is below the ground;   wherein the pedestal disk comprises a plurality of disk bumps, a superior disk end, an inferior disk end, and a disk lateral face;   wherein the pedestal disk forms the superior disk end, the inferior disk end, and the disk lateral face;   wherein a disk aperture is formed through the superior disk end of the pedestal disk.   
     
     
         2 . The fence post-protecting system according to  claim 1  wherein the fence post inserts into the fence post-protecting system through the vertical shell. 
     
     
         3 . The fence post-protecting system according to  claim 2   wherein the epoxy is poured into the vertical shell and the pedestal disk after the fence post is inserted into the fence post-protecting system;   wherein the epoxy forms a fluid impermeable coating around the fence post that protects the fence post.   
     
     
         4 . The fence post-protecting system according to  claim 3   wherein the epoxy is a chemical compound;   wherein the epoxy is a liquid phase resin;   wherein the epoxy is poured into the fence post-protecting system after the fence post is inserted into the fence post-protecting system.   
     
     
         5 . The fence post-protecting system according to  claim 4  wherein the epoxy polymerizes the liquid phase resin into a solid phase polymer that coats the fence post. 
     
     
         6 . The fence post-protecting system according to  claim 5   wherein the vertical shell is a hollow tubular structure;   wherein the vertical shell is a prism-shaped structure;   wherein the shape of the vertical shell is geometrically similar to the fence post.   
     
     
         7 . The fence post-protecting system according to  claim 6  wherein the inner diameter of the prism structure of the vertical shell is greater than the outer diameter of the fence post such that the fence post inserts into the vertical shell. 
     
     
         8 . The fence post-protecting system according to  claim 7  wherein the vertical shell inserts onto the pedestal disk to assemble the mechanical portion of the fence post-protecting system. 
     
     
         9 . The fence post-protecting system according to  claim 8   wherein the pedestal disk is a solid structure;   wherein the pedestal disk is a disk-shaped structure.   
     
     
         10 . The fence post-protecting system according to  claim 9  wherein the pedestal disk forms the inferior structure of the fence post-protecting system. 
     
     
         11 . The fence post-protecting system according to  claim 10  wherein the pedestal disk is buried in the ground such that the pedestal disk is distal from the surface of the ground. 
     
     
         12 . The fence post-protecting system according to  claim 11   wherein the surface area of the congruent end of the disk structure of the pedestal disk is greater than the surface area of the congruent end of the prism structure of the vertical shell;   wherein this increased surface area of the congruent end of the pedestal disk prevents the fence post-protecting system from shifting in the ground in a direction lateral to the center axis of the prism structure of the vertical shell.   
     
     
         13 . The fence post-protecting system according to  claim 12   wherein the vertical shell comprises a plurality of offset ridges, a superior shell end, an inferior shell end, and a shell lateral face;   wherein the vertical shell forms the superior shell end, the inferior shell end, and the shell lateral face;   wherein the plurality of offset ridges attach to the shell lateral face.   
     
     
         14 . (canceled) 
     
     
         15 . The fence post-protecting system according to  claim 13   wherein each of the plurality of offset ridges is a prism-shaped structure;   wherein each of the plurality of offset ridges is a ridge that attaches to an interior surface of the shell lateral face of the vertical shell;   wherein the center axis of the prism structure of each of the plurality of offset ridges runs parallel to the center axis of the prism structure of the vertical shell;   wherein each of the plurality of offset ridges runs along the interior surface of the shell lateral face from the superior shell end to the inferior shell end;   wherein each of the plurality of offset ridges offsets the fence post away from the shell lateral face of the vertical shell such that a space is created between the fence post and the vertical shell that will be filled by the epoxy.   
     
     
         16 . The fence post-protecting system according to  claim 15   wherein the disk aperture is geometrically similar to the vertical shell;   wherein the inner diameter of the disk aperture is greater than the outer diameter of the vertical shell such that the vertical shell inserts into the pedestal disk through the disk aperture.   
     
     
         17 . The fence post-protecting system according to  claim 16   wherein the superior shell end is an open congruent end of the hollow prism structure of the vertical shell;   wherein the superior shell end provides access into the hollow interior of the vertical shell;   wherein the superior shell end is accessible from the surface of the ground;   wherein the superior shell end is the end of the vertical shell that is distal from the inferior shell end;   wherein the inferior shell end is an open congruent end of the hollow prism structure of the vertical shell;   wherein the inferior shell end provides access into the hollow interior of the vertical shell;   wherein the inferior shell end provides access from the hollow interior of the prism structure of the vertical shell onto the disk structure of the pedestal disk;   wherein the inferior shell end is the end of the vertical shell that intefaces with the pedestal disk.   
     
     
         18 . The fence post-protecting system according to  claim 17   wherein the shell lateral face forms the solid vertically oriented faces of the vertical shell;   wherein the shell lateral face forms the exterior surfaces of the vertical shell;   wherein the shell lateral face runs from the superior shell end to the inferior shell end.   
     
     
         19 . The fence post-protecting system according to  claim 18   wherein the plurality of disk bumps are provided on the superior disk end of the pedestal disk;   wherein the plurality of disk bumps extend vertically to interface with the interior of the vertical shell;   wherein the fence post is further defined with a bottom post end;   wherein the bottom post end of the fence post interfaces with the plurality of disk bumps in order to raise the bottom post end of the fence post off of the superior disk end of the pedestal disk thereby enabling the epoxy to encase the bottom post end of the fence post;   wherein the superior disk end is a congruent end of the disk structure of the pedestal disk;   wherein the superior disk end provides access into the hollow interior of the pedestal disk;   wherein the superior disk end is the end of the pedestal disk that is distal from the inferior disk end;   wherein the inferior disk end is a closed congruent end of the hollow prism structure of the pedestal disk.   
     
     
         20 . The fence post-protecting system according to  claim 19   wherein the disk lateral face forms the solid vertically oriented faces of the pedestal disk;   wherein the disk lateral face forms the vertically oriented exterior surfaces of the pedestal disk;   wherein the disk lateral face runs from the superior disk end to the inferior disk end.