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US 9,187,920 B2Granted
Post stabilization apparatus and method
OwnerGabriel Madrilinventor
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Abstract
A post stabilization apparatus and method of operation for setting a post within a post hole formed in the ground. The post stabilization apparatus includes one or more braces to support the post, each of said braces having a first end adapted for being driven into the ground; each of the one or more braces having a bracket assembly pivotally secured adjacent to a second end of thereof; and each bracket assembly having a magnet to removably attach the bracket assembly to the post.
Claims8
A method of setting a post within a post hole formed in the ground, comprising:
- driving a first end of each of three detached braces in an arrangement into ground which lies adjacent to the post hole,
- placing the post into the post hole in the center of the arrangement of the three detached braces;
- engaging the post with a magnet disposed within an end wall of a separate bracket pivotally secured adjacent to a second end of each of the three detached braces;
- temporarily stabilizing the post in an upright position;
- pouring a binder into the post hole around a base of the post;
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- removing the three detached braces from the ground adjacent to the post hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.