Patent ID: 9732540
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: E01F,E02D,E04H

Claim:
1. A fence post installation system comprising: a horizontal support element configured to releasably attach to an unanchored vertical fence post along a fence line, the horizontal support element comprising a front side, a left side, a back side, and a right side, wherein the horizontal support element has a shape configured to encompass the horizontal cross-section of the unanchored fence post, and wherein the horizontal support element has an adjustable horizontal length in at least a first vertical plane, the first vertical plane containing the unanchored fence post and the fence line; a first brace element having an adjustable length and having two ends, the first brace element configured to have one end releasably affixed to the horizontal support element and the other end releasably affixed to ground adjacent to the unanchored fence post, wherein the first brace element is configured to align the fence post vertically in the first vertical plane; a first alignment spacer element having an adjustable length and two ends, wherein one end is releasably attached to the horizontal support element in a manner configured to securely hold the unanchored fence post vertically in a second vertical plane transverse to the first vertical plane; and at least one T-bar element with the top of the “T” releasably affixed to the fence post configured to mark an offset from at least one property line adjacent the fence line.