Patent ID: 9657493
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: E04H

Claim:
1. A post reinforcement comprising: a first panel including a body portion and a stake portion; a second panel coupled to said first panel at a first side thereof and oriented generally perpendicular thereto; a third panel coupled to said first panel at a second, opposite side thereof and oriented generally perpendicular thereto, said first, second and third panels defining a receptacle therebetween, wherein said stake portion extends from a bottom of the first panel at least partially inwardly in a direction toward an interior of the receptacle in a direction moving downwardly from the bottom of the first panel; and a barb coupled to and extending away from one of the panels, wherein said barb is generally positioned on a first side of the one of the panels, wherein the post reinforcement lacks a fourth panel positioned opposite to the first panel and the post reinforcement is generally “U” shaped in top view to thereby enable a post to be laterally positioned in or removed from said receptacle.