Supports – With means to facilitate installation – repair – or... – For ground insertion
Patent
1981-05-15
1984-11-20
Foss, J. Franklin
Supports
With means to facilitate installation, repair, or...
For ground insertion
248156, F16M 1300
Patent
active
044835060
ABSTRACT:
A signpost support sleeve comprises an upwardly open upright socket member having a horizontal footplate across the bottom, and a vertical spike on the underside of the footplate. A special unsetting tool is driven beneath the plate to apply a removing force directly to the sleeve. In the embodiment shown, the socket member has a square recess for a square post having a forwardly extending, cantilever cross arm to which an appropriate sign is fastened. The footplate is generally rectangular. It extends cantileverly forwardly and bears foot-like against the ground to keep the post from leaning forwardly under the weight of the cross arm and sign. The unsetting tool comprises an L-shaped lever having a tooth at one end engageable with one of three underside openings along the rear edge of the footplate. The openings on the underside of the footplate serve the dual function of providing drain openings for the socket member recess and providing a choice of seats for the tooth at the end of the unsetting tool. A hammer lug is fastened across the tool behind the tooth. The lug can be hammered to drive the tool beneath the footplate to align the tooth with one of the openings. The sleeve is then lifted out of the ground by prying the tool about the hammer lug acting as a fulcrum against the ground.
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Compass Enterprises, Inc.
Foss J. Franklin
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