# US 10,119,652 B2 · Pole and hub

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- Number: US 10,119,652 B2
- Document ID: US10119652B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/330,905
- Filed: 2016-11-14
- Published: 2017-05-18
- Granted: 2018-11-06
- Earliest claimed: 2015-11-13
- Applicants: Pual L. Cote
- Inventors: Pual L. Cote
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10119652B2

## CPC

- F16M 11/16: Details concerning attachment of head-supporting legs, with or without actuation of locking members thereof
- A01G 9/12: Supports for plants; Trellis for strawberries or the like (stays for trees, props for vines A01G17/14)
- A01K 39/01: Feeding devices (A01K39/04 takes precedence)
- A01K 39/012: filling automatically {, e.g. by gravity from a reserve}
- A01K 39/014: Feed troughs; Feed throwers
- A45F 3/44: Article supports adapted to be stuck into the ground {(posts driven into the ground E04H12/2215)}
- A47G 7/041: {Flower tables or stands}
- E02D 5/801: {driven by screwing}
- E04H 12/08: of metal
- E04H 12/2223: {by screwing}
- E04H 12/2238: {to be placed on the ground (Christmas tree stands A47G33/12)}
- E04H 12/24: Cross arms
- E04H 12/347: {Arrangements for setting poles in the ground}
- F16M 11/041: {Allowing quick release of the apparatus}
- F16M 11/046: {adapted to upward-downward translation movement}
- F16M 11/22: with approximately constant height, e.g. with constant length of column or of legs (F16M11/42 takes precedence)
- F16M 11/24: changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, {e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each other}(F16M11/42 takes precedence)
- A45B 2023/0012: {Ground supported umbrellas or sunshades on a single post, e.g. resting in or on a surface there below}
- F16M 11/04: Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand
- F16M 11/08: around a vertical axis {, e.g. panoramic heads (F16M11/12 takes precedence)}
- F16M 2200/028: by positive interaction, e.g. male-female connections
- F16M 2200/066: being part of the head
- F16M 2200/08: Foot or support base
- F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
- A01G: HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING (picking of fruits, vegetables, hops or the like A01D46/00; propagating unicellular algae C12N1/12)
- A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A45F: TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)
- E02D: FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS (specially adapted for hydraulic engineering E02B); UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES {(tunnels, tunnelling, mining E21)}
- E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D)
- A45B: WALKING STICKS (walking aids, e.g. sticks, for blind persons A61H3/06); UMBRELLAS; LADIES' OR LIKE FANS (cane or umbrella stands or holders A47G25/12)

## Abstract

There is provided a pole system suitable for supporting other objects such as bird feeders, plants and the like, the pole system having a pole with at least one transversely extending aperture formed therein, a pin mounted in the aperture and extending exteriorly of the pole on opposite sides thereof, and a hub member having a bottom surface, the bottom surface including a scalloped wall which is arranged to receive the pin such that the hub member is supported, the scalloped wall permitting rotation of the hub when sufficient rotational force is applied thereto.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A pole system comprising:
a pole having at least one transversely extending aperture formed therein, said aperture extending through said pole;
a pin mounted in said aperture, said pin extending exteriorly of said pole on opposite sides thereof; and
a hub member rotatably mounted on the pole, said hub member having a bottom surface, said bottom surface including a scalloped wall, said scalloped wall sitting on said pin such that said hub member is supported, said scalloped wall comprising a plurality of arcuate recesses so as to permit rotation of said hub about said pole when a sufficiently large rotational force is applied to said hub, said hub member further including an outer wall, said scalloped wall being located interiorly of said outer wall, said outer wall extending downwardly about said pin to thereby prevent removal of said pin.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The pole system of claim 1 further including a plurality of apertures extending through said pole.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The pole system of claim 1 further including a container, said container being supported by said hub member.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The pole system of claim 1 wherein said hub member includes a plurality of vertically extending inner channels, a plurality of supporting members each including a vertical segment, each of said vertical segments being designed to fit within a corresponding vertically extending inner channel.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The pole system of claim 4 wherein each of said supporting members is arranged to receive a container.