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US 11,255,075 B2Granted
Curb stop device
OwnerRussell T. Truesdelinventor
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Abstract
A curb stop device for aligning a curb stop box and a valve is disclosed herein. The curb stop device may include a side wall and a bottom wall, with the bottom wall including one or more flexible tabs and an inner aperture. The inner aperture may be configured to receive the valve, such as a water shut-off valve.
Claims9
A curb stop assembly, comprising:
- a curb stop box and a curb stop device;
- the curb stop box having a top portion disposed opposite a bottom portion;
- wherein the bottom portion of the curb stop box is configured to receive the curb stop device;
- the curb stop device including a side wall configured to engage the bottom portion of the curb stop box;
- the curb stop device having an inner aperture formed in a bottom wall, the inner aperture configured to receive at least a portion of a valve;
- the curb stop device having a plurality of flexible tabs arranged around the inner aperture, each of the flexible tabs extending from a base coupled to the bottom wall radially inwardly toward a tip proximate the inner aperture;
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- a plurality of slots, each slot of the plurality of slots extending radially between each tab of the plurality of flexible tabs;
- wherein each slot of the plurality of slots has a width of about 0.065″ and is configured to inhibit ingress of sand;
- wherein the tabs are configured to flex axially upwardly and downwardly to accommodate the at least a portion of a valve and to engage the valve to maintain the valve in alignment with the curb stop box.
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A curb stop device, comprising:
- a cylindrical side wall coupled to a bottom wall;
- the bottom wall extending radially outwardly from a central axis toward the cylindrical side wall;
- the bottom wall including a plurality of flexible tabs;
- wherein each flexible tab is separated from an adjacent flexible tab by a radially extending slot, wherein the bottom wall includes a plurality of radially extending slots;
- wherein each slot of the plurality of radially extending slots has a first end adjacent an inner aperture;
- wherein each slot of the plurality of radially extending slots has a width of about 0.065″ and is configured to inhibit ingress of sand;
- wherein the inner aperture is disposed at the central axis of the bottom wall;
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- wherein the inner aperture is configured to receive at least a portion of a valve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.