Patent ID: 9518424
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: E04H,E05D,E05Y,E06B

Claim Text:
1. An upstanding non-rotating post configured to be used with a gate having a hollow interior to which a base plate is mountable at any preselected position along the vertical extent of said upstanding post, comprising: said post having a predetermined geometrical configuration in transverse section; said post including a flat front wall; said base plate having a flat structure that abuts said flat front wall; said post having two vertical columns of solid material that are laterally spaced apart from one another, said two vertical columns being integral with said flat front wall of said post and extending into said hollow interior of said post; said two vertical columns of solid material each including a respective T-shaped slot, each of said T-shaped slots extending the entire extent of said post and being in open communication with a top and a bottom end of said post; each of said T-shaped slots adapted to receive a screw or bolt having tool-engageable head and a threaded stem, said head adapted to be received with a short crossbar of said T-shaped slot and said threaded stem adapted to be received within said long section of said T-shaped slot, and said T-shaped slot engaging a circumferential surface of said head to prevent rotation of said head; said long section of said T-shaped slot having less extent than said long section of said threaded stem so that a distal free end of said threaded stem of said screw or bolt extends from said long section of said T-shaped slot; said distal free end of said screw or bolt adapted to screw-threadedly engage a nut.