Patent ID: 7216852

Claim:
A support bracket for securing wire fence elements to posts having T-shaped cross-sections with a leg and two cross-arms, the bracket comprising the following: a wire holder adapted to retain a wire fence element; a first lateral retainer defining a first slot adapted and constructed to receive a cross-arm of a fence post, the first slot having a width, length, and configuration generally conforming to a width, length, and configuration of the cross-arm to be received therein; a second lateral retainer defining a second slot adapted and constructed to receive a cross-arm of the fence post, the second slot having a width, length, and configuration generally conforming to a width, length, and configuration of the cross-arm to be received therein; a third slot adapted and constructed to receive a leg of the fence post, the third slot being generally perpendicular to the first and second slots and having a width, length, and configuration generally conforming to a width, length, and configuration of the leg to be received therein; first and second tabs extending from respective first and second lateral retainers, each adapted and constructed to facilitate outward movement of the first and second lateral retainers away from each other by force applied by a user to the first and second tabs, thus opening the slots for insertion and removal of the cross-arms therefrom; whereby the bracket can be mounted to the post in a first position in which the leg is received in the third slot, and a second position in which the leg extends opposite the third slot.