# US 12,000,163 B1 · Post setting system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,000,163 B1 - Document ID: US12000163B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 18/357,687 - Filed: 2023-07-24 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2023-07-24 - Applicants: Merlie Schwartz - Inventors: Merlie Schwartz - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12000163B1 ## CPC - E04G 21/1841: {Means for positioning building parts or elements (strutting means for wall parts E04G21/26)} - A01B 51/026: {of the automotive vehicle type, e.g. including driver accommodation (A01B51/023 takes precedence)} - A01B 76/00: Parts, details or accessories of agricultural machines or implements, not provided for in groups A01B51/00 - A01B75/00 - A01B 79/005: {Precision agriculture} - E02D 7/06: Power-driven drivers {(tampers E02D3/061)} - E04H 12/2284: {Means for adjusting the orientation of the post or pole} - E04H 12/347: {Arrangements for setting poles in the ground} - E04H 17/263: {for erecting posts (pile driving E02D7/00)} - E04G: SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS - A01B: SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY; PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES OR IMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL (making or covering furrows or holes for sowing, planting or manuring A01C5/00; mowers convertible to soil working apparatus or capable of soil working A01D42/04; mowers combined with soil working implements A01D43/12; soil working for engineering purposes E01, E02, E21) - E02D: FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS (specially adapted for hydraulic engineering E02B); UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES {(tunnels, tunnelling, mining E21)} - E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) ## Abstract A post setting attachment for a utility vehicle includes a base having a first side mountable to the utility vehicle, the base having a second side opposing the first side of the base. The post setting attachment can include a column coupled to the second side of the base and have a length extending vertically. The post setting attachment can further include a pair of clamps attached at separate lengths along the column and configured to grasp a post. The post setting attachment can include a controller that rotates and translates the column to adjust a position of the post. Furthermore, the post setting attachment can include a gravel hopper coupled to the second side of the base that is controlled by the controller to discharge gravel after the controller adjusts the position of the post to secure the post in position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A post setting attachment for a utility vehicle comprising: a base having a first side mountable to the utility vehicle, the base having a second side opposing the first side of the base; a column with a length extending vertically and coupled to the second side of the base; a pair of clamps configured to grasp a post, the pair of clamps being attached at separate lengths along the column such that the pair of clamps are spaced apart from each other along the column; a controller that rotates and translates the column to adjust a position of the post; and a gravel hopper coupled to the second side of the base that is controlled by the controller, such that the gravel hopper discharges gravel after the controller adjusts the position of the post to secure the post in position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The post setting attachment of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of sensors including at least one positional sensor for measuring an actual triaxial position of the post and a global positioning sensor (GPS) to measure an actual geospatial position of the post. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The post setting attachment of claim 2, further comprising: an alignment system controlled by the controller, the alignment system configured to adjust the actual triaxial position and the actual geospatial position of the post. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The post setting attachment of claim 3, wherein the controller stores a desired position of the post, the desired position of the post including a desired triaxial position of the post and a desired geospatial position of the post. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The post setting attachment of claim 4, wherein the controller compares the actual triaxial position of the post to the desired triaxial position of the post and controls the alignment system to adjust the actual triaxial position of the post to match the desired triaxial position of the post. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The post setting attachment of claim 5, wherein the alignment system includes actuators to rotate the column and the post about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the column, and to rotate the column and post about a vertical axis extending from the column. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The post setting attachment of claim 6, wherein the controller compares the actual geospatial position of the post to the desired geospatial position of the post and controls the alignment system to adjust the actual geospatial position of the post to match the desired geospatial position of the post. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The post setting attachment of claim 7, wherein the alignment system includes actuators to translate the column and post along a horizontal plane perpendicular to the column. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The post setting attachment of claim 8, wherein the post is a given post of a plurality of posts, and the controller is configured to store a blueprint that includes a desired position of the plurality of posts. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The post setting attachment of claim 9, wherein the controller compares the actual position of the given post with the actual position of an adjacent post of the plurality of posts to determine the desired position of the given post, the actual position of the adjacent post being stored by the controller in response to setting the adjacent post. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The post setting attachment of claim 10, wherein the alignment system further includes arms of the utility vehicle to translate the column and post along the vertical axis extending from the column, and tracks of the utility vehicle to translate the column and post along the horizontal axis perpendicular to the column. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The post setting attachment of claim 1, wherein each of the pair of clamps are adjustable along the length of the column. ### Claim 13 A method for setting a post with an attachment for a utility vehicle, comprising: grasping, via a pair of actuated clamps coupled to the attachment, a post; measuring, via a plurality of sensors coupled to the attachment, an actual position of the post including an actual triaxial position of the post and an actual geospatial position of the post; comparing, via a controller, the actual position of the post with a desired position of the post stored by the controller in response to receiving the measured actual position of the post from the plurality of sensors, wherein the desired position of the post includes a desired geospatial position and a desired triaxial position; adjusting, via an alignment system controlled by the controller, the actual geospatial position of the post to match the desired geospatial position of the post stored by the controller; adjusting, via a leveling system controlled by the controller, the actual triaxial position of the post to match the desired triaxial position of the post stored by the controller; discharging, via a gravel hopper controller by the controller, backfill material to secure the post in response to the controller determining that the actual position of the post matches the desired position of the post; and releasing, via the actuated clamps, the post in response to the controller discharging the backfill material. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the post is a given post of a plurality of posts, and the controller is configured to determine the desired position of the given post based on an actual position of an adjacent post of the plurality of posts. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the post is a given post of a plurality of posts, and the controller is configured to store a blueprint that includes a desired position of each post of the plurality of posts. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising: rotating, by the leveling system, the given post about a horizontal axis or a vertical axis; translating, by the alignment system, the given post along a horizontal plane. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising: rotating, via a scoop actuator coupled to the gravel hopper and controlled by the controller, the gravel hopper into a horizontal position to scoop backfill material; and rotating, via the scoop actuator, the gravel hopper into a vertical position in response to filling the gravel hopper with backfill material. ### Claim 18 A post setting attachment for a skid loader comprising: a base having a first side mountable to arms of the skid loader, the base having a second side opposing the first side of the base; a platform rotatably coupled to the second side of the base; a column with a length extending vertically from the platform, the column being rotatably coupled to the platform; a pair of clamps configured to grasp a given post of a plurality of posts, the pair of clamps being attached at separate lengths along the column; a plurality of sensors coupled to the post setting attachment configured to measure an actual position of the given post; a controller that receives the actual position of the given post from the plurality of sensors and stores a desired position of the given post relative to the plurality of posts; an alignment system controlled by the controller to adjust the actual position of the given post to match the actual position of the given post with the desired position of the given post; and a gravel hopper extending vertically from the platform and including a gravel hopper actuator that is controlled by the controller, such that the gravel hopper discharges gravel in response to the controller determining the actual position of the given post matches the desired position of the given post. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The post setting attachment of claim 18, wherein the gravel hopper is rotatably coupled to the platform and includes a scoop actuator, such that the controller actuates the scoop actuator to rotate the gravel hopper to a lowered position to scoop gravel and rotate the gravel hopper to a vertical position in response to scooping gravel. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The post setting attachment of claim 19, wherein the plurality of sensors further comprises: an inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor configured to measure an actual triaxial position of the given post; and a global positioning system (GPS) sensor configured to measure an actual geospatial position of the given post. ### Claim 21 (depends on 18) The post setting attachment of claim 18, wherein the alignment system comprises: a pair of tracks and the arms of the skid loader configured to translate the post setting attachment and the given post along a horizontal plane; a plurality of horizontal actuators coupled to the post setting attachment configured to translate the platform and the given post along the horizontal plane; a base actuator configured to rotate the platform about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the column and parallel to the base; and a rotational actuator configured to rotate the platform about another horizontal axis perpendicular to the column and the base.