US 2019/0169806 A1Published application

Apparatus for marking the location of a utility fixture

OwnerTony Courseyinventor

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Abstract

A device for indicating a position within the ground of a utility fixture, such as on a construction site, includes a resilient body that is able to be secured around an open end of the utility fixture. The resilient body may be secured to the utility fixture using hose clamps. The resilient body supports a pole that extends upward of the resilient body and indicates the location of the utility fixture. When pressure is applied to the pole, such as if a vehicle inadvertently runs over the pole, the resilient body deflects to temporarily displace the pole horizontally. Once the pressure is removed, the resilient body returns the pole to the upward disposition. The resilient body also prevents the ingress of debris into the utility fixture.

Claims17

Dependent claims

An apparatus for marking a location of a utility fixture comprising:

(A) a resilient tubular body comprising:
(a) a resilient circumferential side wall that forms the tubular body;
(b) a lower opening at a lower end of the side wall, the lower opening having a first external perimeter, the lower opening being dimensioned to fit over a utility fixture top;
and
(c) an upper opening at an upper end of the side wall, the upper opening having a second external perimeter;
(B) a first anchoring system that anchors the tubular body to the utility fixture;
(C) a pole anchored within the upper opening that extends upward of the tubular body;
and
(D) a second anchoring system that anchors the pole within the second opening of the tubular body;
(E) wherein, in use, the tubular body may be secured to the utility fixture such that the pole extends upward and thereby indicates the location of the utility fixture, and wherein the resilient tubular body is able to bend in response to pressure applied to the pole to allow the pole to temporarily displace horizontally and return upward when the pressure to the pole is removed.

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Facts

Application: 16/205,052Filed 29 Nov 2018
Priority: 1 Dec 2017
Published: 6 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

E01F 9/629
Self-righting after deflection or displacement: traffic guidance, warning or control posts, bollards, pillars or like upstanding bodies or structures
E01F 9/658
Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs: characterised by means for fixing
E01F 9/70
Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs: storing, transporting, placing or retrieving portable devices
F16L 1/11
Accessories therefor, e.g. anchors: for the detection or protection of pipes in the ground

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Application62/593,676Us provisional application · filed 1 Dec 2017
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