Patent ID: 7384024

Claim:
A reusable fence post for supporting roll-up safety fencing having a predetermined width around an excavation or construction site, comprising: an elongated hollow post having a first longitudinal axis, a first predetermined length, a first exterior side having an outside V-angle clamping surface disposed therealong and a predetermined interior cross section, and further closed at a bottom end except for an opening of predetermined shape in the bottom end centered along the first longitudinal axis; a sliding hammer moveably disposed along the first longitudinal axis within the hollow post and having a stake extending downward therefrom a second predetermined length along a second longitudinal axis and through the opening in the bottom end of the hollow post; and an elongated jaw member, having an inside V-angle clamping surface facing the outside V-angle clamping surface disposed along the first exterior side of the hollow fence post, the elongated jaw member being longer than the width of the safety fencing by a predetermined increment and hinged at the lower end to the hollow post near the bottom end of the hollow post on the first exterior side of the hollow post; wherein the upper end of the elongated jaw member swings in an arc to close the elongated jaw against the safety fencing held between the inside and outside V-angle clamping surfaces, such that the outside V-angle clamping surface of the first exterior side of the hollow post is nested partially within the inside V-angle clamping surface of the elongated jaw.