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US 4,199,908 AGranted
Post base elevator
OwnerDarrel L. Teetersinventor
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Abstract
A device for establishing and maintaining a predetermined gap spacing between a post which is supported in an upright orientation and a supporting base. The device is adjustable to permit lateral movement of the supported post while maintaining the gap spacing constant.
Claims10
A post supporting device comprising:
- a support bracket mounted in a supporting structureand having a pair of upstanding legs for mounting an elongate post in an upright orientation, said upstanding legs each having a fastener receiving hole defined therethrough;
- an elongate end cap connected to one end of a post, said end cap being unitary and channel-shaped and having a longitudinal centerline, a base portion and a pair of flanges thereon, an elongate adjustment slot defined in each of said flanges to extend longitudinally of said end cap and positioned between said base portion and a terminal edge of said each flange so that each slot is in alignment with each of said bracket fastener receiving holes;
- first fastening means attaching said end cap base portion to one end of a post;
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- second fastening means located in said aligned slots and bracket fastener receiving holes attaching said end cap to said bracket and thereby attaching a post to said bracket, said end cap flanges contacting a surface of said supporting structure to maintain a predetermined spacing between said post lower end and said surface, said slots permitting movement of said end cap with respect to said support bracket in a direction transverse to the longitudinal centerline of the upright elongate post while said predetermined spacing is maintained.
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A post supporting device comprising:
- a support bracket mounted in a supporting structure and having a pair of upstanding legs for mounting an elongate post in an upright orientation;
- an elongate end cap connected to one end of a post, said end cap being unitary and channel-shaped and having a longitudinal centerline, a base portion and a pair of flanges thereon;
- first fastening means attaching said end cap base portion to one end of a post;
- second fastening means attaching said end cap flanges to said support bracket upstanding legs;
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- third fastening means attaching each of said bracket legs to a post, said end cap flanges contacting a surface of said supporting structure to maintain a predetermined spacing between said post lower end and said surface, said second fastening means permitting movement of said end cap with respect to said support bracket in a direction transverse to the longitudinal centerline of the upright elongate post while said predetermined spacing is maintained by contact between said end cap flanges and said supporting structure surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.