US 12,317,783 B2
Agricultural trellis systems, and associated devices and methods
Zachary R. Zeibak, Yakima, WA (US); Steven W. Kuhn, Yakima, WA (US); Corey R. Coad, McMinnville, OR (US); Nicholas M. Arnold, Silverton, OR (US); and Christian E. Siems, Paso Robles, CA (US)
Assigned to Wilson OVS Acquisition Corp., Yakima, WA (US)
Filed by Wilson OVS Acquisition Corp., Yakima, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/759,299.
Application 18/759,299 is a continuation of application No. 17/882,431, filed on Aug. 5, 2022, granted, now 12,048,272.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/230,586, filed on Aug. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0000036 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. A01G 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 17/06 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An agricultural vertical line post for carrying a portion of trellis wire, the agricultural vertical line post comprising:
an elongate body having a top end, a bottom end, and a central plane extending longitudinally along and bisecting the elongate body; and
a notch configured to receive a trellis wire therein and positioned on a lateral side of the elongate body with respect to the central plane, the notch open toward the top end and having:
a trellis wire seat surface positioned at a bottom of the notch;
a tab extending upward from the bottom of the notch and having an edge portion defining an outer side of the notch;
a first edge and a second edge each formed on the elongate body and defining an inner side of the notch, wherein the first edge is positioned laterally outwardly from at least a portion of the second edge with respect to the central plane, and wherein an uppermost portion of the first edge and an uppermost portion of the second edge are positioned at a laterally outermost portion of the elongate body from the central plane at an opposite end of the notch from the trellis wire seat surface; and
a retention protrusion extending laterally from the edge portion of the tab into the notch, wherein the retention protrusion extends toward the second edge to a position such that a lateral distance between the retention protrusion and the first edge in a direction normal to the central plane is less than a diameter of the trellis wire, and wherein, in use, the retention protrusion is configured to retain the trellis wire within the notch by resisting upward forces on the trellis wire until a threshold upward force is applied to the trellis wire to release the trellis wire from the notch.