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US 5,492,294 AGranted
Line guide bracket and method of making same
OwnerWeston W. Haeusslerinventor
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Abstract
A line guide bracket for adjustably coupling a holder to a ground stake is disclosed wherein the bracket is formed from flat metal sheet stock into a tubular structure and includes apertures having centering notches for accommodating ground stakes and holder arms of different diameters.
Claims14
A bracket for connecting a line guide holder arm onto a ground stake, comprising:
- front, top, rear, and bottom walls formed from a blank of flat metal sheet stock folded along three edges into a generally rectangular configuration with the front wall being connected to the top wall and separated from the bottom wall by an air gap;
- the front wall being intersected by a first aperture for receiving a line guide holder arm;
- the top wall extending at a substantially right angle extending transversely to the front wall and being intersected by a second aperture, the second aperture including a threaded sidewall, and being intersected by a third aperture for receiving a ground stake;
- the rear wall extending transversely to the top wall and in a plane substantially parallel to the front wall, the rear wall being intersected by a fourth aperture and a fifth aperture, the fourth aperture having an axis coaxial to the first aperture for receiving a line guide holder, and the fifth aperture including a threaded sidewall;
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- the bottom wall transversely to the rear wall in a plane substantially parallel to the top wall, the rear wall being intersected by a sixth aperture having an axis coaxial with the third aperture for receiving a ground stake.
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