Anchoring a cantilevered step to a fiberglass utility pole
AssigneeOldcastle Infrastructure, Inc.
InventorDavid L. Morris
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Abstract
A pole step apparatus for fiberglass utility poles can have a supporting body is disclosed, having a bended portion with a brace on the supporting body; a grip surface distal to the bended portion; a nut on a threaded portion of the supporting body to tighten the brace toward the bended portion via the threaded portion of the supporting body; a passthrough in the brace formed can accommodate a supporting body and resists rotation; the bended portion is formed on the supporting body at a 90-degree angle; an arc is formed on the brace adjacent to the bended portion; and the brace resists rotation via a non-cylindrical, anti-rotational portion of the supporting body.
Claims10
A step apparatus for fiberglass utility poles comprising:
- a unitary supporting body consisting of a bended portion, a grip surface distal to the bended portion, a threaded portion adjacent to the grip surface, and a non-cylindrical, anti-rotational portion located between the threaded portion and the bended portion;
- a nut positioned on the threaded portion;
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- a brace positioned on the non-cylindrical, anti-rotational portion, the brace having an arcuate surface on one end thereof,
- wherein the bended portion of the supporting body is configured to be inserted into an opening in the pole and tightly adhered thereto by fitting the arcuate surface of the brace to an outer surface of the pole and tightening the nut towards the brace.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.