IMPROVEMENTS IN HURDLES AND FENCES
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Mar., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 6th Dec.. 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 15th Jan., 18
I, WILLIAM PITT, Wheelwright, of Trevelmond, Liskeard in the County of Cornwall,
do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for, "IMPROVEMENTS IN HURDLES AND
FENCES," to be as follows:-
Hurdles as usually made have the bars and uprights either entirely of Wood or
entirely of Iron, both kinds having their advantages and disadvantages: for instance
the appearance of a wooden hurdle is preferred by some users, they are more
convenient to handle, are more easily repaired, and as a whole are less expensive
in the first cost, on the other hand an Iron Hurdle though more expensive is more
durable but not so easily repaired. The principle advantage which an Iron Hurdle
has over a wooden one is the ease with which it can be fixed, the uprights or standards
being made of Iron and pointed are more readily forced or driven into the Ground
than is the case where a wood standard or upright is employed.
The object of my Invention is to combine the advantages of the two kinds of
hurdles by an improved mode of construction and combination of material.
To effect this object I employ Angle Iron or Steel (or other suitable section) for
the uprights or standards, the lower ends or feet of which may be formed with
points or prongs or in any other convenient way. The Horizontal bars, and the
intermediate vertical bars, or stays, and the Diagonal bars or stays I construct of
wood, such wooden bars or stays I bolt to the Iron or steel uprights in such a
manner as to dispense with slotting or morticing either the bars the stays
or the Standards, plain holes being bored or punched in the Iron or Steel uprights or
standards, and similar holes being formed in the wooden bars and stays for the
accommodation of the bolts being all that is necessary for securing all the parts of
the hurdle firmly together.
By employing patterns or Templates the several parts of my improved hurdle may
be made in Duplicate so as to be interchangeable with each other; in this way a

page_text: large number of hurdles or portable fences may be packed together convenient for
transport in sets, and spare parts may be supplied, which by my improved mode of
construction can be more readily replaced than would be the case in a hurdle made
entirely of Iron or Steel.
Improvements in Hurdles and Fences.
I, WILLIAM PITT, Wheelwright of Trevelmond, Liskeard in the County of Cornw a
do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for, "IMPROVEMENTS IN HURDLES AND
FENCES" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Hurdles as usually made have the bars and uprights either entirely of Wood or
entirely of Iron, both kinds having their advantages and disadvantages; for instance
the appearance of a wooden hurdle is preferred by some users, they are more
convenient to handle, are more easily repaired, and as a whole are less expensive in
the first cost, on the other hand an Iron Hurdle, though more expensive, is more
durable but not so easily repaired. The principal advantage which an Iron Hurdle
has over a wooden one is the ease with which it can be fixed, the uprights.or
standards being made of Iron and pointed are more readily forced or driven into
the Ground than is the case where a wood standard or upright is employed.
The object of my Invention is to combine the advantages of the two kinds of
hurdles by an improved mode of construction and combination of material.
To effect this object I employ Angle Iron or Steel (or other suitable section) for
the uprights or standards, the lower ends or feet of which may be formed with
points or prongs or in any other convenient way. The Horizontal bars, and the
intermediate vertical bars or stays, and the Diagonal bars or stays I construct of
wood, such wooden bars or stays I bolt to the Iron or Steel uprights in such a
manner as to dispense with slotting or morticing either the bars, the stays, or the
Standards plain holes being bored or punched in the Iron or Steel uprights or
standards and similar holes being formed in the wooden bars and stays for the
accomodation of the bolts being all that is necessary for securing all the parts of the
hurdle firmly together.

page_text: By employing patterns or templates the several parts of my improved hurdle may
be made in Duplicate so as to be interchangeable with each other; in this way a
large number of hurdles or portable fences may be packed together convenient for
transport in sets, and spare parts may be supplied, which by my improved mode of
construction can be more readily replaced than would be the case in a hurdle made
entirely of Iron or Steel.
The nature of my Invention will be better understood on reference to the
accompanying sheet of drawings in which,
Fig. 1. represents one of my Improved Hurdles.
Fig. 2. being an enlarged section of the upright or standard.
The same letters refer to similar parts on both views.
a, a, are the vertical uprights or standards.
b, b, being the pointed or pronged ends of the same.
c, c, c, c, are the horizontal wooden bars.
d, d, the intermediate vertical wooden bars or stays.
e, the diagonal wooden bar or stay.
fff, represent bolts in different parts of the hurdle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my Invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is,
1. In a hurdle or fence the combination of Iron or Steel uprights or standards with
horizontal, vertical, or diagonal bars or stays of wood, such uprights and standards,
bars, and stays being secured together by means of bolts and nuts or their equivalents
substantially as and for the purposes herein described and illustrated.
2. Improvements in Hurdles and Fences substantially as and for the purposes
herein described and illustrated.
Dated this 5th day of December 1888