Removable pole step

Claim 1

REMOVABLE STEP CONSTRUCTION FOR A METAL POLE INCLUDING A V-SHAPED, METAL SOCKET MEMBER HAVING ANGLED LEGS TERMINATING IN OUTER EDGES WELDED ALONG SAID EDGES TO THE OUTER SURFACE OF A POLE, A Z-SHAPED METAL STEP MEMBER HAVING A STEP PORTION TERMINATING AT ONE END IN DOWNTURNED FOOT, THE FOOT BEING GENERALLY TRIANGULARLY-SHAPED IN CROSS-SECTION AND FORMED WITH A POLE ENGAGING FACE AND TWO SOCKET ENGAGING FACES EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH OF THE FOOT, THE POLE ENGAGING FACE BEING LATERALLY CONCAVE TO A DEGREE GREATER THAN ANY CONVEXITY OF THE SURFACE OF A POLE TO WHICH SAID SOCKET MEMBER IS WELDED AND FORMING LATERALLY SPACED ZONES OF CONTACT BETWEEN SAID POLE ENGAGING FACE AND SAID POLE SURFACE LOCATED ADJACENT THE LATERAL EXTREMITIES OF SAID POLE ENGAGING FACE, THE SOCKET ENGAGING FACES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT FACES EACH TAPERING DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY TOWARD THE FREE END OF THE FOOT, THE INNER SURFACES OF THE ANGLED SOCKET MEMBER LEGS BEING FORMED TO SUBSTANTIALLY MATE WITH THE SOCKET ENGAGING FACES OF SAID FOOT WHEN THE FOOT IS TELESCOPED WITHIN THE SOCKET MEMBER, AND THE INCLUDED ANGLE IN CROSS-SECTION BETWEEN THE SOCKET LEGS BEING SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE INCLUDED ANGLE BETWEEN THE SOCKET ENGAGING FACES OF THE FOOT AND FORMING SPACED ZONES OF CONTACT BETWEEN SAID SOCKET LEGS AND SAID SOCKET ENGAGING FACES OF THE FOOT ADJACENT THE OUTER EDGES OF SAID SOCKET LEGS.