Powder driven support device
AssigneeBellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
InventorsMichael L. White, Frederick James Diggle, III
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Abstract
A support device may be used by a technician when performing elevated line work, for example. The support device may include a shaft having a first end and a second end and threads disposed at the first end of the shaft for use in securing the device to a pole. The support device further may include at least one rigid support member disposed on the second end of the shaft for supporting an object from the device and a pusher attached to the second end of the shaft and adapted to drive the support device into the pole. The pusher may include a driving end adapted to receive force applied from a piston of a powder driven tool, an extension portion extending from the driving end and contacting the support device.
Claims14
A support device comprising:
- a shaft having a first end and a second end;
- threads disposed at the first end of the shaft for use in securing the device to a pole;
- a plurality of support members disposed on the second end of the shaft for supporting an object from the device, the plurality of rigid support members being integral with the shaft;
- a pusher integral to the second end of the shaft and adapted to drive the shaft into the pole, wherein the pusher is tapered and the pusher including:
- a driving end adapted to receive force applied from a piston of a powder driven tool, and
- an extension portion extending from the driving end and, wherein the extension portion is integral with the shaft;
- a stop member positioned distally of the threads on the shaft.
An assembly comprising:
- a powder driven tool including a powder cartridge, a barrel, a piston within the barrel, and a trigger for actuating the piston within the barrel;
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- a support device including a pusher on a first end where the pusher is located at least partially within the barrel and is adapted to receive force applied from the piston for driving a second end of the support device into a pole,
- wherein the support device comprises at least one of a curved portion and a ring portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.