Patent ID: 6994327

Claim:
A cap assembly for a fence post comprising: (a) a molded upper base member, with said upper base member including a continuous, unbroken inner wall having upper and lower ends and being coextensive between said upper and lower ends, and an outer wall having upper and lower ends and being coextensive between said upper and lower ends, with said walls being connected at their lower ends and being generally spaced apart at their upper ends to define an upwardly facing trench therebetween; (b) with the base member being adapted to be disposed about an upper end of a generally vertical post; (c) a molded cap separate from the upper base member and having top and bottom surfaces adapted to be disposed over an upper end of a generally vertical post and overlying said base member between its said walls and covering said trench; (d) fastening means for fastening the upper base member to a post; (e) prong means depending from the bottom surface of said cap; (f) ear means carried by the upper base member and projecting inwardly beneath the bottom surface of the cap; (g) with said ear means having opening means therein for receipt of said prong means therein; and (h) said prong means having locking means carried thereby for resisting removal of said prong means from said opening means after receipt of said prong means in said opening means.