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A POST FOR PARKING METERS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A CONVENTIONAL PIPE POST POSITIONED CURB SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK WITH THE LOWER END OF THE PIPE DEPENDING BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE SIDEWALK AND WITH THE UPPER END OF THE PIPE EXTENDING ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE SIDEWALK IN POSITION TO SUPPORT A PARKING METER OR THE LIKE, AN ELASTOMERIC ANCHORING BODY BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE SIDEWALK HAVING A VERTICAL BORE THROUGH WHICH THE LOWER TERMINAL END PORTION OF THE PIPE EXTENDS, SAID BODY EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY AT LEAST TO THE TERMINAL END OF THE PIPE AND COMPLETELY SURROUNDING SAID END PORTION LATEALLY, SAID END PORTION HAVING LATERALLY EXTENDING ANCHORING MEANS THEREON AND WITH THE CONFINES OF SAID BODY, THE WALL OF THE BORE COMPLETELY SURROUNDING AND TIGHTLY GRIPPING SAID END PORTION AND SAID ANCHORING MEANS FOR PREVENTING UPWARD WITHDRAWAL OF THE PIPE FROM THE BODY, A MASS OF POURED CONCRETE COMPLETELY SURROUNDING THE BODY LATERALLY AND AT ITS LOWER TERMINAL SURFACE, SAID CONCRETE SET AGAINST THE BODY WITH THE UPPER TERMINAL END OF THE BODY EXPOSED AND THE PIPE EXTENDING THEREABOVE FROM SAID BORE, THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID CONCRETE AND SAID UPPER TERRMINAL END BEING ADJACENT THE SURFACE OF THE SIDEWALK WHEREBY FORCES OF IMPACT OF AUTOMOBILE BUMPERS ON THE PIPE ARE CUSHIONED BY THE ELASTOMER SURROUNDING THE PIPE AND INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE PIPE AND THE CONCRETE, SAID BODY HAVING A LATERALLY PROJECTING PORTION WITH AN UPWARDLY DIRECTED SURFACE INTERLOCKING WITH THE CONCRETE BELOW THE UPPER SURFACE THEREOF TO SOLIDLY ANCHOR THE BODY IN THE CONCRETE AGAINST THEFT, AND SAID BODY PROVIDING A SUBSURFACE YIELDABLE SUPPORT FOR THE PIPE PREVENTING INJURY TO THE PIPE AND THE SURROUNDING SIDEWALK UNDER THE IMPACT OF AUTOMOBILE BUMPERS.