ANCHORING DEVICE FOR A FENCE
An anchoring device for anchoring and supporting a fence, wherein the anchoring device comprises at least one fence post, wherein the fence post ( 1 ) comprises one or more connecting elements ( 2 ) which are provided to be connected to reinforcement for concrete and a method for installing such an anchoring device.
1 . An anchoring device for anchoring and supporting a fence, wherein the anchoring device comprises at least one fence post, wherein the fence post comprises one or more connecting elements which are provided to be connccied to reinforcement for concrete, and said fence post comprises an upright extending post portion and a base on which the post portion rests, wherein the base comprises said one or more connecting elements, wherein at least one connecting element is an outwardly directed projection and at least part of the projection is elongated and desired height.
2 . (canceled)
3 . An anchoring device according to claim 1 , characterized in that at least one connecting element comprises a blocking portion to block the connection with the reinforcement.
4 . (canceled)
5 . (canceled)
6 . An anchoring device according to claim 3 , characterized in that the blocking portion is a thicker part of the projection according to a direction parallel to the lengthwise direction of the said at least elongated part of the projection, to block the connection with the reinforcement according to the lengthwise direction of the said at least elongated part of the projection.
7 . An anchoring device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the anchoring device comprises a first support bar to support the fence post.
8 . An anchoring device according to claim 7 , characterized in that the anchoring device comprises a second support bar which cooperates with the first support bar to support the fence post.
9 . An anchoring device according to claim 8 , characterized in that each support bar is on the one hand provided to be connected to the fence post and on to the other hand provided to be connected to the respective other support bar, such that a triangle is formed.
10 . An anchoring device according to claim 9 , characterized in that the post portion is elongated and the second support bar is provided to be connected to a lower part of the fence post and to extend substantially perpendicular to the lengthwise direction of the post portion and the first support bar is provided to be connected to a higher part of the fence post.
11 . An anchoring device according to claim 10 , characterized in that the second support bar is provided to be connected to a lower part of the post portion and said at least one projection is provided to protrude above the second support bar according to the lengthwise direction of the post portion.
12 . An anchoring device according to claim 9 , characterized in that the anchoring device comprises at least one additional pair of two cooperating support bars wherein each support bar of said additional pair of support bars is on the one hand provided to be connected to the fence post and on the other hand provided to be connected to the other support bar of the said pair, such that a triangle is formed.
13 . An anchoring device according to claim 12 , characterized in that the said formed triangles are positioned at an angle with regard to each other, wherein the angle is between 70° and 110°.
14 . An anchoring device according to claim 3 , characterized in that the base comprises a base plate and the said one or more connecting elements protrude outwardly from said base plate.
15 . An assembly for placing a fence comprising an anchoring device, for anchoring and supporting a fence, and reinforcement for reinforcing concrete, wherein the anchoring device comprises at least one fence post and the fence post comprises one or more connecting elements to connect the reinforcement to the fence post.
16 . An assembly as in claim 15 , characterized in that the reinforcement is a reinforcement mesh.
17 . An assembly as in claim 15 , characterized in that the anchoring device is an anchoring device comprising at least one fence post, wherein the fence post comprises one or more connecting elements which are provided to be connected to reinforcement for concrete, and said fence post comprises an upright extending post portion and a base on which the post portion rests, wherein the base comprises said one or more connecting elments, wherein at least one connecting elmern is an outwardly directed projection and at least part of the prosection is elongated and provided to extend upright, such that reinforcement is connectable to the fence post at a desired height.
18 . A method of installing an anchoring device for anchoring and supporting a fence, wherein the anchoring device comprises at least one fence post, wherein the fence post comprises one or more connecting elements, said fence post comprises an upright extending post portion and a base on which the post portion and a base on which the post portion rests, wherein the base comprises said one or more connecting elements, wherein at least one connecting element is an outwardly directed projection and at least part of the projection is elongated and provided to extend upright and wherein the method comprises the following steps:
placing the fence post;
providing reinforcement for reinforcing concrete and connecting the reinforcement to the fence post at a desired height using the one or more connecting elements;
providing concrete and pouring this concrete after or during the connecting of the reinforcement to the fence post, such that the reinforcement and the lowest part of the post portion are embedded in the concrete.
19 . A method according to claim 18 , characterized in that one or several ditches are made for the anchoring device and the said fence post is placed upon the surface of a said ditch and this ditch is filed with the concrete.
20 . A method according to claim 18 , characterized in that fence post comprises an upright extending post portion and a base on which the post portion rests wherein said base comprises said one or more connecting elements and wherein at least one connecting element is an outwardly and upright extending projection and the reinforcement is connected to said projection.
21 . A method according 20 , characterized in that the anchoring device comprises at least two cooperating support bars to support the fence post and that the post portion is elongated, wherein a said first support bar is connected to a higher part of the fence post and a said second support bar is connected to a lower part of the fence post such that it extends substantially parallel to the lengthwise direction of the post portion and the first support bar and the second support bar are connected to each other, wherein the concrete is also poured over the second support bar, such that the second support bar is embedded in the concrete.
22 . A method according to claim 21 , characterized in that said at least one projection protrudes above the second support bar according to the lengthwise direction of the post portion and the reinforcement is connected to the projection such that the second support bar substantially extends between the reinforcement and the base.
23 . A method according to claim 18 , characterized in that the anchoring device is an anchoring device comprising at least one fence post, wherein the fence post comprises one or more connecting elements which are provided to be connected to reinforcement for concrete, and said fence post comprises an upright extending post portion and a base on which the post portion rests, wherein the base comprises said one or more connectimr elements, wherein at least one connectino element is an outwardly directed projection and at least part of the projection is elongated and provided to extend upright, such that reinforcement is connectable to the fence post at a desired height.