Patent ID: 6922942
Filing Date: 2005-08-02
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. A vine wire support post molded as an integral unit from plastics material comprising, an elongate supporting portion having two pairs of opposed joined support ribs giving the elongate supporting portion a generally cruciform cross sectional shape, the elongate supporting portion having an upper end and a lower end, a generally T-shaped reinforcing edge extending lengthwise along an outer edge of each rib of one of the pairs of support ribs, wire attachment means provided on the supporting portion, a peg for holding the support post in the ground, joined to the lower end of the supporting portion, the peg comprising four joined downwardly extending peg ribs which give the peg a generally cruciform cross sectional shape, a generally planar foot extending laterally about the region where the peg and supporting portion are joined, and at least one integral generally planar web for each peg rib extending vertically downwardly from the generally planar foot to join with and reinforce a respective peg rib, wherein the supporting portion is flexible and has variable sectional strength decreasing from a position of higher sectional strength gradually at the lower end to a position of lower sectional strength near the upper end.