US 7,614,819 B1Granted

Post assembly and method of assembling the same

AssigneeSchram Management Company

InventorsClifford R. Mirman, Jon M. Schram

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Abstract

A post assembly having a first post member, a second post member positioned within the first post member, and a sleeve member installed in the ground. The first and second post members are insertable into the sleeve member and the second post member is rotatable relative to the first post member and the sleeve member to inhibit separation of the first post member and the second post member from the ground sleeve. The first post member includes a first passage, the second post member includes a second passage having a first section and a second section, and the sleeve member includes a latch pin that travels along the first and second passages. When the latch pin is in a particular position within the first and second passages, removal of the first post member and the second post member from the sleeve member is inhibited.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A method of installing a post assembly, comprising the steps of:

installing a sleeve member in ground, the sleeve member comprising a sleeve wall forming a sleeve cavity and a latch pin attached to the sleeve wall and extending into the sleeve cavity;
positioning a second post member within a first post member such that a first section of a passage formed in a post wall of the second post member is generally aligned with a passage formed in a post wall of the first post member;
inserting the first post member and the second post member into the sleeve cavity such that the latch pin travels through the passage of the first post member and the first section of the passage of the second post member;
and
rotating the second post member within the first post member such that the latch pin travels through a second section of the passage formed in the post wall of the second post member, the second section of the passage extending transverse to the first section;
wherein separation of the first post member and the second post member from the sleeve member is inhibited when the latch pin is positioned within the second section of the passage formed in the post wall of the second post member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.