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US 6,145,388 AGranted
Apparatus for supporting a fluid sampling device in an opening below a manhole cover and method therefor
OwnerDaniel D. Coppolainventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method is disclosed for supporting a fluid sampling device in an opening below a manhole cover. The apparatus contains a triangular shaped assembly of three tubular members joined together at a common juncture. At least one of the tubular members has an extending member to adapt the triangular shaped assembly to be connected beneath a manhole cover of varying sizes for different sized openings in a street.
Claims20
An apparatus for supporting a fluid sampling device in an opening below a manhole cover comprising in combination:
- a manhole cover;
- a triangular shaped assembly located adjacent to said manhole cover and comprising three separate tubular shaped members each one of the three separate tubular shaped members joined at a common end portion with the other two of the three separate tubular shaped members;
- and
- means located at the other end portion of each of said three separate tubular shaped members for removably connecting each of said three separate tubular shaped members to an attachment position below the manhole cover.
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A method for supporting a fluid sampling device in an opening below a manhole cover comprising the steps of:
- providing a manhole cover;
- providing a triangular shaped assembly located adjacent to said manhole cover and comprising three separate tubular shaped members each one of the three separate tubular shaped members joined at a common end portion with the other two of the three separate tubular shaped members;
- and
- providing means located at the other end portion of each of said three separate tubular shaped members for removably connecting each of said three separate tubular shaped members to an attachment position below the manhole cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.