Equipment housing
AssigneeZip Valve Boxes LLC
InventorsScott M. Ducote, Frances M. Kirkland, Roy P. Prosise, Daniel Francis Caputo, Derek Litteral
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Abstract
A housing for covering equipment located underground may include a body having a top, a bottom and a pipe aperture. The body may include at least two knockouts formed in the pipe aperture. The knockouts may be configured to be individually and selectively removed from the pipe aperture to adjust a height of the pipe aperture relative to the bottom of the body. In addition, a lid may be configured to be mounted to the body, and the lid is movable between an unlocked position and a locked position.
Claims20
A housing for covering equipment located underground, comprising:
- a body having a top, a bottom, side walls and a pipe aperture in each side wall, each pipe aperture comprises at least two knockouts, the knockouts comprise a respective zipper and the knockouts are configured to be individually and selectively removed from the pipe aperture via the respective zipper to adjust a height of the pipe aperture relative to the bottom of the body;
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- each zipper comprises a band that is connected by tabs to adjoining components of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.