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US 12,768,192 B2Granted
Side load picket driver
OwnerDallis Wilschefskiinventor
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Abstract
The side load picket driver is loaded from the side instead of from the bottom. The side load star picket driver is closed at the top end and open at the bottom end and has a slot down the full-length on one side of the star picket driver so that the star picket can be loaded from the side instead of the open end. There are two handles, welded to each side of the star picket driver for the operator to grip the driver and pound the star picket into the ground.
Claims20
A picket driver comprising:
- a striker including a striking surface configured to strike a picket;
- a sidewall extending away from said striker along an axis passing through said striking surface, said sidewall having a top edge coupled to said striker, a bottom edge opposite said top edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, an exterior surface, and an interior surface, said interior surface at least partially defining a picket receiving space below said striker, said sidewall defining an opening into said interior space, said opening defined between said first side edge and said second side edge and between a first end and a second end of said bottom edge, whereby an entire end of said picket can be moved into said interior space through said opening;
- and
- a first handle fixed with respect to said sidewall.
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A method for driving a picket into the ground, said method comprising:
- providing a picket having a bottom end, a top end, and a cross-sectional profile, said cross-sectional profile having at least one leg extending outwardly from a longitudinal axis of said picket;
- providing a picket driver including
- a striker including a striking surface configured to strike a picket,
- a sidewall extending away from said striker along an axis passing through said striking surface, said sidewall having a top edge coupled to said striker, a bottom edge opposite said top edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, an exterior surface, and an interior surface, said interior surface at least partially defining a picket receiving space below said striker, said sidewall defining an opening into said interior space, said opening defined between said first side edge and said second side edge and between a first end and a second end of said bottom edge, and
- a first handle fixed with respect to said sidewall;
- moving said picket thorough said opening of said sidewall at least partially into said picket receiving space;
- rotating one of said picket driver and said picket relative to the other of said picket and said picket driver in a first direction to move said picket further into said receiving space of said sidewall;
- positioning said picket and said picket driver in an upright position with said bottom end of said picket on the ground;
- repeatedly urging said striker away from said top portion of said picket and then impacting said top portion of said picket with said striker until a portion of said picket is driven into the ground;
- and
- rotating said picket driver relative to said picket in a second direction opposite said first direction to remove said picket from said picket receiving space of said sidewall through said opening.
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A picket installation system comprising:
- a picket having a bottom end, a top end, and a cross-sectional profile perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said picket, said cross-sectional profile having at least one leg extending outward from said longitudinal axis of said picket;
- and
- a picket driver including
- a striker including a striking surface configured to strike said top end of said picket,
- a sidewall extending away from said striker along an axis passing through said striking surface, said sidewall having a top edge coupled to said striker, a bottom edge opposite said top edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, an exterior surface, and an interior surface, said interior surface at least partially defining a picket receiving space below said striker, said sidewall defining an opening into said interior space, said opening defined between said first side edge and said second side edge and between a first end and a second end of said bottom edge, whereby an entire end of said picket can be moved into said interior space through said opening, and
- a first handle fixed with respect to said sidewall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.