An Improved Shoe for Hurdle or other Stakes.
Year: 1892

page_text: .Date of Application, 5th Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 4th May, 1893—Accepted, 10th June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Shoe for Hurdle or other Stakes.
I, CHARLES HEDGES, of Spa House, Box, in the County of Wiltshire,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to devices for fixing and supporting hurdle stakes, poles,
or such like in the ground, and it consists of a single, or two or more pronged
spike fitted to or on the end of such stakes, on said spike, or on one or more of the
prongs, is fixed one or more lateral supports at any convenient angle to the spike
or its prongs on which sometimes such supports may be made to slide; the supports
may be fixed at the height required by means of bolts and nuts, pins, or other
devices which are passed in by or through holes made in them and the spike or
prongs made for the purpose at varying heights therein.
Preferably the support is made V-shape on plan and of one or more pieces the
bottom of the V being fixed to or made to slide on the spike or prong and the
upper part furnished with small spikes thereon or turned over to form small spikes
or prongs.
The spike or prong is fixed on and to the stake, pole, or such like by a fixed and
a hinged clip fixed on the spike or prong, the latter clip being opened to receive
the stake and closed on it, or both clips may be hinged, the stake being thus
clipped a metal ring or hollow cone is forced over the clips and they with their
spike or prong are thus firmly secured to the stake.
Dated this 5th day of August 1892.
HERBERT & CO.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Shoe for Hurdle or other Stakes.
I CHARLES HEDGES of Spa House, Box, in the County of Wiltshire,
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
This invention relates to devices for fixing and supporting hurdle stakes, poles
or such like in the ground and it consists of a single or two or more pronged spike
fitted to or on the end of such stakes; on said spike, or on one or more of the
prongs is fixed one or more lateral supports at any convenient angle to the spike or
its prong on which sometimes such supports may be made to slide. The
supports may be fixed at the height required by means of bolts and nuts, pins or
other devices which are passed in by or through holes made in them and the spike
or prongs made for the purpose at varying heights therein.
Preferably the support is made V shape on plan and of one or more pieces, the
bottom of the V being fixed to or made to slide on the main spike or prong and the
upper part furnished with small spikes thereon or turned over to form small
auxiliary spikes or prongs.
The spike or prong may be fixed on and to the stake, pole or such like by a
fixed and a hinged clip fixed on the spike or prong the latter clip being opened
to receive the stake and closed on it, or both clips may be hinged; the stake being
thus clipped a metal ring or hollow cone is forced over the clips and they with
their spike or prong are thus firmly secured to the stake.

page_text: une accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the stake holder supporting a stake in medium
hard ground, surface level being represented by dotted lines.
Fig. 2 is a detail view of the head of the stake holder.
Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the connecting of the adjustable arms to the
stem.
Fig. 4 is a simplified and cheaper construction.
The stake holder (Figs. 1 to 3) consists essentially of a straight spike a of metal
such as iron or steel having on its upper end a clamp for receiving the foot of the
stake which is secured therein by a ring or collar b. The clamp consists of a fixed
member c and a hinged member c¹ the upper ends of these being made to partially
encircle the stake. The collar 6 is preferably slightly conical.
In combination with the spike a there are employed two (or more if desired)
arms & which are so attached to the spike that they project at right angles thereto
and at a suitable angle to each other in the same horizontal plane. These arms
which form supports lying on the surface of the ground are adjustable, that is to
say fixed at a desired height on the spike so that the latter may be embedded to a
depth suited to the nature of the ground. For rocky or very hard ground the arms
are fitted nearer to the point of the spike so that the latter need not be driven far
before the arms rest upon the surrounding ground, while for soft ground the arms
are fitted near to the clamp on the spike and thus give a greater effective length
of spike.
Various means may be employed for fixing the arms to the spike, but a simple,
light, and inexpensive way is to provide the arms with turned down plates d' with
holes d and making along the spike a number of holes a' equidistant with each
other and with those on the plates d. Bolts e with nuts may be passed through
the plates d' and spike a at the desired place, to bolt the arms firmly to the spike.
The arms d are provided with turned down points at their outer ends.
It will be seen that this stake holder is substantially ✓ shaped in plan and
forms in effect a stand with three prongs a d³ ³ the former being the main prong.
In the cheaper and simplified form of stake holder shown in Fig. 4 the spike a
is made of angle iron sharpened to a point and the two arms d d are made out of
sheet or bar iron bent at a right angle and secured on the back of the angle iron as
shown. This device may be made adjustable as described for the holder shown
in Figs. 1 to 3 or adjustment may be dispensed with by simply rivetting the
arm piece d d to the angle iron,.in the latter case of course the special advantages
of the adjustment being lost. The two rings cc' serve to receive the stake. The
holes in the rings are for driving nails through to fix the stake.
It may be found necessary on some land to provide a thin sheet of some light
material, say galvanized sheet iron, joined to the two arms and extending across
the space between them to give additional support.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A stake holder substantially V shaped in plan and comprising a principle
spike a with means for holding the stake in or at the top thereof and two horizon-
tally extended arms d d forming a V in plan, with downwardly projecting ends ď ď
to form auxiliary spikes substantially as described.
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2. A stake holder comprising in combination a spike a, a clamp on the head
thereof said clamp consisting of a fixed member c and a hinged member c¹ a ring b,
and two or more arms projecting from said spike and adapted to be fixed radially
thereto nearer or further from the point thereof for the purpose set forth.
3. A stake holder comprising in combination a straight spike a having a series
of holes a¹ therein and two or more arms d having plates with holes & corre-
sponding in distance to the holes a' together with bolts e and nuts whereby the

page_text: arms may be fixed nearer to or further from the point of the spike for the purpose
Bet forth.
Dated this 4th day of May 1893.
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.