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US 2020/0370265 A1Published application
Curb box stabilizing and locating device and associated method
AssigneeDominion Energy, Inc.
InventorCRAIG A. COTTINGHAM
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Abstract
An underground component access tube stabilizing and locating device comprises a top surface having a through-hole defined therein and at least two legs, each of the legs being affixed to or integral with an opposing end of the top surface. The legs may project downward and outward from the top surface. The top surface may be planar.
Claims15
An underground component access tube stabilizing and locating device comprising:
- a top surface having a through-hole defined therein;
- and
- at least two legs, each of the legs being affixed to or integral with an opposing end of the top surface.
A method of installing an underground component access tube, the method comprising:
- positioning an underground component access tube such that an arched lower end of the underground component access tube is positioned over an underground component and such that a top end of the underground component access tube is at or near ground level;
- backfilling soil around the underground component access tube up to a first level that is lower than ground level;
- positioning an underground component access tube stabilizing and locating device such that the underground component access tube protrudes through a hole defined in a top surface of the underground component access tube stabilizing and locating device;
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- backfilling soil around the underground component access tube and the underground component access tube stabilizing and locating device up to ground level.
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