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US 10,483,726 B1Granted
Power pedestal with skeleton tower assembly and cooperating outer sleeve and related methods
AssigneeEaton Intelligent Power Limited
InventorsPaul D. Seff, Tyler D. Young, Jeffery Kuykendall, Jason D. Easton, Cory Robert Weeks
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Abstract
Power pedestals configured with a skeleton tower assembly that has a skeleton tower frame that supports electronic components and a first wall panel with a plurality of external power receptacles and an outer sleeve coupled to the skeleton tower frame to avoid the use of doors and provide an efficient assembly process.
Claims21
A power pedestal, comprising:
- a skeleton tower assembly comprising a skeleton tower frame coupled to a first wall panel, the first wall panel having a plurality of power receptacles that face outward from the first wall panel;
- and
- an outer sleeve coupled to the skeleton tower frame,
- wherein the outer sleeve comprises a plurality of spaced apart, parallel and vertically oriented fold lines that border at least one outer wall segment of the outer sleeve.
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A power pedestal, comprising:
- a skeleton tower assembly comprising a skeleton tower frame that supports a first wall panel, the first panel comprising a plurality of power receptacles;
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- an outer sleeve coupled to the skeleton tower frame,
- wherein the outer sleeve terminates adjacent the first wall panel with the plurality of power receptacles facing outward and externally accessible, and
- wherein the first wall panel resides at an angle from vertical that is in a range of about 10 and about 30 degrees.
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A method of assembling a power pedestal, comprising:
- providing a skeleton tower frame with a base having upwardly extending spaced apart rear legs;
- coupling power receptacles, a circuit breaker and a load center to the skeleton power frame;
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- attaching an outer sleeve to the skeleton tower frame to define an enclosure that encloses the circuit breaker, and the load center, and exposes the power receptacles,
- wherein the method further comprises, before the attaching the outer sleeve, folding at least one foldable planar sheet of outer sleeve material to define a plurality of spaced apart fold lines to form a plurality of planar external wall segments of the outer sleeve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.