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US 5,918,565 AGranted
Flag and paint marking device
OwnerJose G. Casasinventor
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Abstract
A flag and paint marking device for marking a path on a ground surface with paint and/or flags to indicate the path of an underground line or pipe, which includes a paint marker for dispensing paint and a flag receptacle for receiving a supply of flags and a stabber or ground hole-forming device for defining a hole into which a flag may be inserted.
Claims8
A combination flag and paint marking device for marking a path on a ground surface with flags and/or paint, wherein each said flag includes a shaft and a flag element, said device comprising:
- a handle having an upper and lower end, a hand-gripping member on the upper end of the handle, a flag marker and a paint marker carried by the handle, said flag marker including a tubular flag receptacle having an open upper end adjacent said hand-gripping member, wherein said flag receptacle may receive the shafts of a plurality of flags, and means adjacent said lower end of said handle for penetrating the ground to form a hole for insertion of the shaft of a flag,
- said paint marker including a tubular receptacle for receiving a can of spray paint with a spray nozzle, and means adjacent said hand-gripping member for actuating said can in said receptacle to discharge paint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.