Patent ID: 7571567

Claim:
A resilient wire tensioner for tensioning wires of vine supports, the vine supports including a post, said resiliently wire tensioner comprising: a first hooking member having a first portion and a second portion, and configured to be secured to the post of the vine supports; a second hooking member having slots; a helical spring extending in a longitudinal direction and located between said first portion of said hooking member and said slots of said second hooking member, and wherein said second portion of said first hooking member and a portion of said second hooking member are located within said helical spring; a winding member rotatably received by said slots, said winding member extending transversally relative to the longitudinal direction of said helical spring and configured to enable adjustable tensioning of the wires of the vine supports; and an immobilizing member configured to couple to said winding member and said second hooking member to prevent rotation of said winding member.