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US 10,947,751 B2Granted
Utility pole with transparent portion
AssigneeComptek Technologies, LLC
InventorsJames D. Lockwood, Kenneth Michael Hoganson
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Abstract
A multiuse utility pole is presented that may house various public and quasi-public infrastructure. In one non-limiting embodiment, the multiuse pole houses cell control equipment and one or more cellular antennas. In any embodiment, the multiuse pole incorporates an optically transparent or translucent section (hereafter transparent section) in its pole structure that allows for enclosing a camera such that the camera has a substantially unobstructed 360-degree field-of-view.
Claims8
A multiuse small cell pole system, comprising:
- an equipment housing having a top surface, a bottom surface and a sidewall extending there between defining a generally hollow interior;
- a first monopole section having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the lower end is supported by the top surface of the equipment housing;
- a transparent pole section that is generally hollow and has lower end connected to the upper end of the first monopole section wherein the transparent pole section is pre-compressed and includes:
- an upper plate connected to an upper end of the transparent pole section;
- a lower plate connected to the lower end of the transparent pole section;
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- a plurality of rods extending between the upper plate and lower plate, wherein the plurality of rods may each be tensioned to compress the transparent pole section between the upper plate and the lower plate;
- a second monopole section having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the lower end is supported by the upper end of the transparent pole section;
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- a wireless antenna housing supported by the upper end of the second monopole section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.