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US 2025/0030232 A1Published application
Insulator Cover Apparatus with Flip Extensions for Covering Power Lines
AssigneeCustom Coating Innovations, Inc.
InventorsGeorge Genung, Michael Mattera
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Abstract
An insulator cover apparatus with flip extensions has a base of the apparatus that can be positioned over a remote portion of a power line, and has extensions of the apparatus that can then be flipped remotely from the base to cover over additional portions of the power line at opposite ends of the base to protect the covered portions of the power line.
Claims20
A cover apparatus for covering power lines comprising:
- a base, the base having a length with opposite first and second end surfaces, an interior bore extending through the base from the first end surface to the second end surface, the interior board being dimensioned and configured to receive and contain a portion of a length of a power line in the interior bore;
- a first extension attached to the base adjacent the first end surface of the base, the first extension having an interior bore extending through the first extension, the interior board being dimensioned and configured to receive and contain a portion of a length of a power line in the interior bore;
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- a first attachment attaching the first extension to the base, the first attachment enabling the first extension to move between first and second positions of the first extension relative to the base where in the first position the first extension is positioned extending at an angle relative to the base in a compact configuration of the first extension and the base and in the second position the first extension is positioned extending from the base where the interior bore of the base and the interior bore of the first extension are aligned.
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A cover apparatus for covering power lines comprising:
- a base, the base having a length with opposite first and second end surfaces, an interior bore extending through the base from the first end surface to the second end surface, the interior board being dimensioned and configured to receive and contain a portion of a length of a power line in the interior bore;
- a first extension attached to the base adjacent the first end surface of the base, the first extension having an interior bore extending through the first extension, the interior board being dimensioned and configured to receive and contain a portion of a length of a power line in the interior bore;
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- a first attachment attaching the first extension to the base, the first attachment enabling the first extension to pivot between first and second positions of the first extension relative to the base where in the first position the first extension is positioned extending over the base in a compact configuration of the first extension and the base and in the second position the first extension is positioned extending from the base where the interior bore of the base and the interior bore of the first extension are aligned.
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A method of protecting power lines comprising:
- positioning a base of a cover apparatus on the power line with a portion of a length of the power line received in an interior bore of the base;
- moving a first extension attached to the base from a first position where the first extension is at an angled orientation relative to the base to a second position where the first extension is aligned with the base and the portion of the length of the power line is received in an interior bore of the first extension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.