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US 5,211,685 AGranted
Fire hydrant base enclosure
OwnerRobert S. Garciainventor
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Abstract
An improved procedure and apparatus for mounting and replacing fire hydrants including a hollow, box-like structure comprising a plastic cylinder which can enclose the hydrant-mounting flange to protect the flange, yet which can quickly and easily be removed and replaced, even by unskilled workmen, to provide access to the hydrant-mounting flange and the break-away bolts without requiring expensive and time-consuming cement work.
Claims13
A device for enclosing the ground-level mounting flange of a fire hydrant, said device comprising:
- a hollow, box-like structure having at least two parts independent of said hydrant and releasably mountable to completely enclose said mounting flange and the flangeplate of a water pipe to protect the ground surface about said mounting flange and said flangeplate in the event of severance of said mounting flange from said flangeplate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.