Methods and systems to maintain accessibility and integrity of equipment contained in underground housings
OwnerGeorge W. Keeneyinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods, devices and systems to maintain the accessibility and integrity of equipment contained in underground housings. The methods, devices and systems and methods of the present invention maintain the accessibility and integrity of equipment contained in underground housings by providing at least one barrier that prevents burrowing animals from off-loading displaced ground dirt or other debris into the space created by the underground housing.
Claims16
A method comprising:
- maintaining the integrity of space within an underground housing that contains equipment and lacks a bottom by providing one barrier which prevents ground dirt or other debris displaced by an animal from reducing the effectiveness of said underground housing, wherein said equipment is not attached to said barrier, and wherein said underground housing contains equipment relating to an irrigation system, a backflow assembly, a manual shut off for a natural gas line, a manual shut off for a drinking fountain, a manual shut off for a sprinkler system, a manual shut off for a hose faucet, a cable company splice, a broad band splice, or a low voltage lighting splice.
A system comprising an underground housing that lacks a bottom and contains equipment and one barrier which prevents ground dirt or other debris displaced by an animal from reducing the effectiveness of said underground housing, wherein said equipment is not attached to said barrier, and wherein said underground housing contains equipment relating to an irrigation system, a backflow assembly, a manual shut off for a natural gas line, a manual shut off for a drinking fountain, a manual shut off for a sprinkler system, a manual shut off for a hose faucet, a cable company splice, a broad band splice, or a low voltage lighting splice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.