Pole setting device and method of using the same
AssigneeQuanta Associates, L.P.
InventorsLucas Michael Moore, Douglas Edward Simpson, Lowell Wade Church
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a pole setting device to assist in setting a utility pole in a base while maintaining electrical isolation between the utility pole and a worker, the device having: a non-electrically conductive elongate member having a handle end and an opposite pole end, and having a length between the handle end and the opposite pole end; a bracket adapted to contact to an exterior surface of the pole and to the pole end of the non-electrically conductive elongate member.
Claims27
A pole setting device to assist in setting a utility pole in a base while maintaining electrical isolation between the utility pole and a worker, the device comprising:
- a non-electrically conductive elongate member having a handle end and an opposite pole end, and having a length between the handle end and the opposite pole end;
- a bracket having a first side and a second side, the first side defining a pole-contact face that has a profile conforming to a profile of an exterior surface of the pole and which is adapted to conformally contact the exterior surface of the pole, the second side defining a connect portion which is adapted to receive the pole end of the elongate member so as to couple the elongate member to the bracket and allow upward and downward pivotal movement of the elongate member when the elongate member is coupled to the bracket;
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- a pole-encircling member which is integral to the bracket.
A method for manipulating a utility pole relative to a base, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a pole setting device comprising a non-electrically conductive elongate member having a handle end and an opposite pole end, and having a length there-between, a bracket having a first side and a second side, the first side defining a pole-contact face that has a profile conforming to a profile of an outer surface of the pole and which is adapted to conformally couple to the outer surface of the pole, the second side defining a connect portion which is adapted to receive the pole end of the elongate member so as to couple the elongate member to the bracket and allow upward and downward pivotal movement of the elongate member when the elongate member is coupled to the bracket, and a pole-encircling member which is integral to the bracket;
- (b) mounting the bracket to the outer surface of the pole adjacent a base end of the pole;
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- (c) gripping the handle end and manipulating the base end of the pole so as to set it in the base.
A device to assist in setting a utility pole in a ground hole, the device comprising:
- a non-electrically conductive elongate member having a human handle end and a utility pole end, and a length from the human handle end to the utility pole end;
- a bracket located at the utility pole end, the bracket having a first side and a second side, the first side defining a pole-contact face that has a profile conforming to a profile of an exterior surface of the pole and which is adapted to conformally contact the exterior surface of the pole, the second side defining a connection interface which is adapted to receive the pole end of the elongate member so as to couple the elongate member to the bracket and allow upward and downward pivotal movement of the elongate member when the elongate member is coupled to the bracket;
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- a pole-encircling member which is integral to the bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.