Pivoting tower assembly
AssigneeTionesta, LLC
InventorsPaul Struhsaker, Rex Frodge
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Abstract
A method for installing a pivoting tower assembly is disclosed. The method involves mounting at least one electrical component onto a pivoting pole of the pivoting tower assembly, while the pivoting tower assembly is in an assembly position having the pivoting pole oriented horizontally and parallel to the ground, connecting an electrical wire from the at least one electrical component to a wire harness permitting the electrical wire to travel inside the pivoting pole, and pivoting the pivoting pole, about an axis parallel to the ground, from the assembly position into an erect, vertical position with the at least one mounted electrical component.
Claims15
A method for installing a pivoting tower assembly, comprising:
- mounting at least one electrical component onto a pivoting pole of the pivoting tower assembly, while the pivoting tower assembly is in an assembly position having the pivoting pole oriented horizontally and parallel to the ground;
- connecting an electrical wire from the at least one electrical component to a wire harness permitting the electrical wire to travel inside the pivoting pole;
- pivoting the pivoting pole, about an axis parallel to the ground, from the assembly position into an erect, vertical position with the at least one mounted electrical component;
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- two vertical stationary poles adjacent to the pivoting pole, wherein the pivoting pole in the erect position is positioned between the two vertical stationary poles;
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- locking the pivoting pole into the vertical positon using at least one rotating bracket.
A pivoting tower assembly, comprising:
- a pivoting pole configured to pivot from an assembly position in which the pivoting pole is oriented horizontally and parallel to the ground, to an erect position in which the pivoting pole is oriented vertically and perpendicular to the ground;
- a base comprising a pivoting mechanism about which the pivoting pole pivots;
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- at least one electrical component mounted onto the pivoting pole when the pivoting pole is in the assembly position,
- at least two vertical stationary poles adjacent to the pivoting pole, wherein the pivoting pole in the erect position is positioned between the two vertical stationary poles,
- wherein the pivoting pole comprises a wire harness configured to facilitate the traveling of at least one electrical wire from the at least one electrical component inside the pivoting pole;
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- a rotating bracket comprising radiused slots for locking the pivoting pole into the erect position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.