Support leg
OwnerJeffrey D. Carnevaliinventor
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Abstract
A support apparatus includes a permanently bendable support rod having one of a pair of anchors secured to each end, and a pair of fasteners that cooperate with the anchors for connecting the support rod between an external structure, such as but not limited to a free standing pole or post, and an adjacent fixed structure such as a floor or wall. Each anchor is formed of a substantially rigid foot having inner and outer arced surfaces, an aperture formed through the foot, and a rod connector structured for securing the anchor to one end of the support rod. The pair of fasteners are each operable through the aperture of the foot of one of the anchors.
Claims21
A support apparatus, comprising:
- a first anchor, comprising:
- a substantially rigid foot formed of one piece comprising an inner arced surface formed on a first side thereof and an outer arced surface offset therefrom on a second side thereof substantially opposite of the first side, wherein the inner and outer arced surfaces are further substantially concentric and extend substantially a length of the foot,
- an aperture formed substantially crosswise through a curve of the substantially concentric inner and outer arced surfaces of the foot, and
- a rod connector structured for securing the foot to a support rod;
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- a fastener operable through the aperture;
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- further comprising a second anchor.
A support apparatus, comprising:
- a first anchor, comprising:
- a substantially rigid part-circular curved foot formed of one piece comprising inner and outer substantially concentric arced surfaces with the outer arced surface being on a first side thereof offset from the inner arced surface on a second opposite side thereof by a substantially continuous solid thickness of material, the inner and outer arced surfaces extending substantially an entire length of the foot,
- one or more apertures formed along a radius of curvature of the part-circular curved foot and extended through the substantially continuous solid thickness of material and the inner and outer arced surfaces, and
- a rod connector extended from an end of the foot and structured for securing a support rod;
- a fastener cooperating with the one or more apertures for securing an external structure to one of the inner and outer arced surfaces of the foot;
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- a second anchor and a second fastener, each of the fasteners cooperating with the one or more apertures of one of the anchors.
A support apparatus, comprising:
- a pair of anchors, each anchor comprising:
- a substantially rigid foot formed of one continuous piece comprising opposing inner and outer arced surfaces, wherein the outer arced surface is offset from inner arced surface by a substantially continuous solid thickness of material, the inner and outer arced surfaces extending substantially an entire length of the foot,
- an aperture formed between the inner and outer arced surfaces of the foot and extended through the substantially continuous solid thickness of material thereof, and
- a rod connector extended from an end of the foot;
- a pair of fasteners each operable through the aperture of the foot of one of the anchors;
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- a support rod composed of a solitary nonextensible member of unitary single-piece construction having a substantially uniformly solid cross-section extended substantially continuously between opposing first and second end portions and being substantially independently permanently bendable in three dimensions along substantially an entire length thereof between the first and second end portions, each of the end portions being secured to the rod connector of one of the pair of anchors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.