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US 8,938,923 B2Granted
Prefabricated concrete pole base and adjustable connector
AssigneeOldcastle Precast, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Nyce, Kelly Patterson, George Clinton Brookhart, Jr.
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Abstract
A prefabricated concrete pole base and adjustable method of connection and use to receive, support, and stabilize light poles and the like having different hole mounting patterns, securing the pole to the base and facilitating rapid installation of poles while eliminating the need for on-site concrete forms and lengthy concrete cure times.
Claims10
A pole base comprising:
- (a) a precast, generally cylindrical, steel-reinforced concrete body having a top, a bottom and a side wall between the top and bottom,
- (b) pole attachment structure protruding from the top comprising four U-shaped cross section steel channels embedded in a generally square concrete protrusion protruding from the top of the body in an X-shaped arrangement so that poles having a plurality of different sizes of square arrangements of four holes can alternatively be attached to the base with one fastener secured in each channel and extending through one of the four holes, and
- (c) at least one conduit embedded in the body and having two ends, one of which opens to the top of the body and the other of which opens to the bottom or side of the body.
A pole base comprising:
- (a) a precast, generally cylindrical, steel-reinforced concrete body having a top, a bottom and a side wall between the top and bottom,
- (b) pole attachment structure comprising four U-shaped cross section steel channels embedded in the top of the body in an X-shaped arrangement so that poles having a plurality of different sizes of square arrangements of four holes can alternatively be attached to the base with one fastener secured in each channel and extending through one of the four holes, and
- (c) at least one conduit embedded in the body and having two ends, one of which opens to the top of the body and the other of which opens to the bottom or side of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.