Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – With piercing or expanding earth anchor
Patent
1997-01-08
1998-03-03
Friedman, Carl D.
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
With piercing or expanding earth anchor
52165, 52153, E02D 574
Patent
active
057222053
ABSTRACT:
A post assembly for supporting a fence, a sign or receptacle such as a mailbox. The post assembly comprises a ground penetrating rod having an enlarged head, a square, hollow, decorative body placed over the rod after the rod is forced into the ground, and a footplate. The enlarged head of the rod cooperates in close fit within the hollow body. A pin frictionally fits into openings formed in the body, interfering with the rod as the body is lowered over the rod. The body is then employed as a driver to force the rod into the ground. When the rod is driven down to the point that the body contacts the footplate, the pin is removed from the body. The body then is lowered into abutment with the footplate. The openings of the body which receive the pin then align with a passage formed in the enlarged head of the rod. The pin is reinserted into the body, this time passing through the passage of the enlarged head of the rod. The rod and body are thus interlocked. The footplate has prongs for engaging the ground, and a hole through which the rod passes and in which the rod is maintained upright. The rod and the prongs of the footplate combine to secure the assembled post within the ground.
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Edwards W. Glenn
Friedman Carl D.
Siemens Terrance L.
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