Modular concrete pole base
AssigneeOldcastle Precast, Inc.
InventorsKelly Patterson, Isaac Anthony, Robinson Usagani, Jackson Bishop
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Abstract
A pole base provides a secure mounting structure that can easily be adapted for use with multiple configurations of poles. The pole base may include a body having an upper portion and a pole attachment device disposed on or within the upper portion of the body. The pole attachment device may be a plate configured to removeably receive a plurality of fasteners such that each of the plurality of fasteners may be received in the separate plate in a plurality of locations. Alternatively, the pole attachment device may be a plurality of recesses formed within the upper portion of the body.
Claims21
A pole base comprising:
- a body having an upper portion;
- and
- a pole attachment device disposed on the upper portion of the body, wherein the pole attachment device is a separate plate having a plurality of slots wherein:
- the separate plate is configured to removeably receive and secure a plurality of fastener assemblies such that each of the plurality of fastener assemblies may be received in one of the plurality of slots in a plurality of locations along a length of each slot;
- a lower portion of each fastener assembly abuts a bottom surface of the separate plate;
- reinforcing steel is welded directly to the separate plate;
- and the separate plate comprises a center hole and each of the plurality of slots are radially oriented such that a head or a nut from each of the plurality of fastener assemblies may pass through the center hole and a shaft of each of the plurality of fastener assemblies may pass through the plurality of slots trapping either the head or the nut under the separate plate.
A pole base comprising:
- a body having an upper portion;
- and
- a pole attachment device disposed on the upper portion of the body, wherein the pole attachment device is a plate having a plurality of slots, the plate having a generally X-shaped outer perimeter and the plate being configured to removeably receive a range of multiple sizes of fastener assemblies such that each fastener assembly may be received in one of the plurality of slots in a plurality of locations along a length of each slot
- wherein:
- the plate comprises a center hole with the plurality of slots oriented radially around the center hole such that a portion of each fastener assembly may pass through the center hole and a fastener shaft of each fastener assembly may pass through the plurality of slots trapping the portion of the fastener assembly under the plate;
- and a lower portion of each fastener assembly abuts a bottom surface of the plate.
A pole base comprising:
- a body having an upper portion;
- a pole attachment device disposed on the upper portion of the body, wherein the pole attachment device is a plate having a plurality of slots extending through an entire thickness of the plate, each of the plurality of slots being configured to removeably receive at least one fastener assembly in a plurality of locations along a length of each slot;
- and
- reinforcing steel welded directly to an underside of the plate such that the reinforcing steel is contained within the body when the plate is disposed on the upper portion of the body, wherein
- the plate comprises a center hole and each of the plurality of slots are radially oriented such that a head or a nut from each fastener assembly may pass through the center hole and a shaft of each fastener assembly may pass through the plurality of slots trapping either the head or the nut under the plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.