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Utility pole construction

Assignee: Shelfmaker Products Corp
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Filing: 1965-06-07
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Granted: 1967-08-01
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Expires: 1985-06-07
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Boff Philip L Du

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 07:42
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04G; E04G25/00; E04G25/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 530 words
A POLE DEVICE ADAPTED TO BE FIXEDLY POSITIONED BETWEEN SPACED APART FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORTING SURFACES; SAID DEVICE COMPRISING: AT LEAST TWO ELONGATED POLE SECTIONS DEFINING A FIRST POLE SECTION SPACED CLOSEST TO SAID FIRST SUPPORTING SURFACE AND A SECOND POLE SECTION SPACED CLOSEST TO SAID SECOND SUPPORTING SURFACE; SAID FIRST AND SECOND POLE SECTIONS BEING DISPOSED IN AT LEAST PARTIALLY TELESCOPED RELATIONSHIP; COLLAR MEANS SLIDABLY ENGAGED UPON ONE OF SAID POLE SECTIONS; SAID COLLAR MEANS INCLUDING A SUPPORTING PORTION FOR ENGAGING THE OTHER OF POLE SECTIONS TO THEREBY ADJUST THE AMOUNT OF TELESCOPING OF SAID POLE SECTIONS AND TO PERMIT RELATIVE ROTATION BETWEEN SAID POLE SECTIONS; SAID COLLAR MEANS FURTHER INCLUDING LOCKING MEANS TO SELECTIVELY FIX SAID COLLAR MEANS AT ANY DESIRED LOCATION ALONG THE EXTENT OF SAID ONE POLE SECTION; SAID FIRST POLE SECTION HAVING AN END PORTION ADJACENT SAID FIRST SUPPORTING SURFACE; GRIPPING MEANS REACTING BETWEEN SAID FIRST POLE SECTION END PORTION AND SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE; SAID GRIPPING MEANS INCLUDING A MEMBER ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID FIRST SUPPORTING SURFACE, BIASING MEANS, AND MOUNTING MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID BIASING MEANS TO SAID FIRST POLE SECTION END PORTION; SAID BIASING MEANS REACTING BETWEEN SAID MOUNTING MEANS AND SAID MEMBER TO NORMALLY URGE SAID MEMBER INTO CONTACTING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID FIRST SUPPORTING SURFACE; SAID SECOND POLE SECTION HAVING AN END PORTION ADJACENT SAID SECOND SUPPORTING SURFACE; SCREW JACK MEANS REACTING BETWEEN SAID SECOND POLE SECTION END PORTION AND SAID SECOND SUPPORTING SURFACE; SAID SCREW JACK MEANS INCLUDING A PLUG MEANS WITH A THREADED APERTURE SECURED TO SAID SECOND POLE SECTION END PORTION AND AN ELEMENT COUPLED WITH A THREADED SHAFT ENGAGED WITHIN SAID THREADED APERTURE; SAID PLUG MEANS AND SAID ELEMENT BEING RELATIVELY ROTATABLE TO MOVE SAID ELEMENT INTO CONTACTING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID SECOND SUPPORTING SURFACE; SAID DEVICE BEING FIXEDLY POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORTING SURFACES BY SLIDING SAID COLLAR MEANS ALONG SAID ONE POLE SECTION TO A SELECTED POSITION WHEREAT SAID MEMBER CONTACTS SAID FIRST SUPPORTING SURFACE AND SAID ELEMENT CONTACTS SAID SECOND SUPPORTING SURFACE, ENGAGING SAID LOCKING MEANS TO FIX SAID COLLAR MEANS AT SAID SELECTED POSITION AND THEREAFTER ROTATING ONE OF SAID POLE SECTIONS TO SAID CAUSE SAID THREADED SHAFT TO UNTHREAD FROM SAID PLUG MEANS THEREBY INCREASING THE CONTACTING PRESSURE OF SAID ELEMENT AGAINST SAID SECOND SUPPORTING SURFACE, SAID ROTATION CONTINUING, AGAINST THE BIASING EFFECT OF SAID BIASING MEANS, UNTIL SAID MEMBER CONTACTS FIRMLY AGAINST SAID FIRST SUPPORTING SURFACE AND SAID ELEMENT SIMULTANEOUSLY FIRMLY CONTACTS AGAINST SAID SECOND SUPPORTING SURFACE; SAID MOUNTING MEANS FOR BIASING MEANS INCLUDING A CUP MEMBER HAVING A FIRST END ENGAGED AGAINST THE END OF SAID FIRST POLE SECTION AND A SECOND END SPACED THEREFROM AND DISPOSED INTERIORLY OF SAID FIRST POLE SECTION; SAID BIASING MEANS BEING A SPRING MEANS, ONE END OF WHICH SEATS AGAINST SAID CUP MEMBER SECOND END AND THE OTHER END OF WHICH SEATS AGAINST SAID MEMBER, SAID MEMBER BEING TELESCOPED WITH RESPECT TO SAID CUP MEMBER AND AXIALLY MOVABLE RELATIVELY THERETO, AND INCLUDING A RIB PORTION AT LEAST PARTIALLY SURROUNDING SAID SPRING MEANS OTHER END, SAID RIB PORTION ENGAGING AGAINST SAID CUP MEMBER ONE END WHEN SAID SPRING MEANS IS FULLY COMPRESSED WITHIN SAID CUP MEMBER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 530 words
A POLE DEVICE ADAPTED TO BE FIXEDLY POSITIONED BETWEEN SPACED APART FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORTING SURFACES; SAID DEVICE COMPRISING: AT LEAST TWO ELONGATED POLE SECTIONS DEFINING A FIRST POLE SECTION SPACED CLOSEST TO SAID FIRST SUPPORTING SURFACE AND A SECOND POLE SECTION SPACED CLOSEST TO SAID SECOND SUPPORTING SURFACE; SAID FIRST AND SECOND POLE SECTIONS BEING DISPOSED IN AT LEAST PARTIALLY TELESCOPED RELATIONSHIP; COLLAR MEANS SLIDABLY ENGAGED UPON ONE OF SAID POLE SECTIONS; SAID COLLAR MEANS INCLUDING A SUPPORTING PORTION FOR ENGAGING THE OTHER OF POLE SECTIONS TO THEREBY ADJUST THE AMOUNT OF TELESCOPING OF SAID POLE SECTIONS AND TO PERMIT RELATIVE ROTATION BETWEEN SAID POLE SECTIONS; SAID COLLAR MEANS FURTHER INCLUDING LOCKING MEANS TO SELECTIVELY FIX SAID COLLAR MEANS AT ANY DESIRED LOCATION ALONG THE EXTENT OF SAID ONE POLE SECTION; SAID FIRST POLE SECTION HAVING AN END PORTION ADJACENT SAID FIRST SUPPORTING SURFACE; GRIPPING MEANS REACTING BETWEEN SAID FIRST POLE SECTION END PORTION AND SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE; SAID GRIPPING MEANS INCLUDING A MEMBER ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID FIRST SUPPORTING SURFACE, BIASING MEANS, AND MOUNTING MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID BIASING MEANS TO SAID FIRST POLE SECTION END PORTION; SAID BIASING MEANS REACTING BETWEEN SAID MOUNTING MEANS AND SAID MEMBER TO NORMALLY URGE SAID MEMBER INTO CONTACTING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID FIRST SUPPORTING SURFACE; SAID SECOND POLE SECTION HAVING AN END PORTION ADJACENT SAID SECOND SUPPORTING SURFACE; SCREW JACK MEANS REACTING BETWEEN SAID SECOND POLE SECTION END PORTION AND SAID SECOND SUPPORTING SURFACE; SAID SCREW JACK MEANS INCLUDING A PLUG MEANS WITH A THREADED APERTURE SECURED TO SAID SECOND POLE SECTION END PORTION AND AN ELEMENT COUPLED WITH A THREADED SHAFT ENGAGED WITHIN SAID THREADED APERTURE; SAID PLUG MEANS AND SAID ELEMENT BEING RELATIVELY ROTATABLE TO MOVE SAID ELEMENT INTO CONTACTING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID SECOND SUPPORTING SURFACE; SAID DEVICE BEING FIXEDLY POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORTING SURFACES BY SLIDING SAID COLLAR MEANS ALONG SAID ONE POLE SECTION TO A SELECTED POSITION WHEREAT SAID MEMBER CONTACTS SAID FIRST SUPPORTING SURFACE AND SAID ELEMENT CONTACTS SAID SECOND SUPPORTING SURFACE, ENGAGING SAID LOCKING MEANS TO FIX SAID COLLAR MEANS AT SAID SELECTED POSITION AND THEREAFTER ROTATING ONE OF SAID POLE SECTIONS TO SAID CAUSE SAID THREADED SHAFT TO UNTHREAD FROM SAID PLUG MEANS THEREBY INCREASING THE CONTACTING PRESSURE OF SAID ELEMENT AGAINST SAID SECOND SUPPORTING SURFACE, SAID ROTATION CONTINUING, AGAINST THE BIASING EFFECT OF SAID BIASING MEANS, UNTIL SAID MEMBER CONTACTS FIRMLY AGAINST SAID FIRST SUPPORTING SURFACE AND SAID ELEMENT SIMULTANEOUSLY FIRMLY CONTACTS AGAINST SAID SECOND SUPPORTING SURFACE; SAID MOUNTING MEANS FOR BIASING MEANS INCLUDING A CUP MEMBER HAVING A FIRST END ENGAGED AGAINST THE END OF SAID FIRST POLE SECTION AND A SECOND END SPACED THEREFROM AND DISPOSED INTERIORLY OF SAID FIRST POLE SECTION; SAID BIASING MEANS BEING A SPRING MEANS, ONE END OF WHICH SEATS AGAINST SAID CUP MEMBER SECOND END AND THE OTHER END OF WHICH SEATS AGAINST SAID MEMBER, SAID MEMBER BEING TELESCOPED WITH RESPECT TO SAID CUP MEMBER AND AXIALLY MOVABLE RELATIVELY THERETO, AND INCLUDING A RIB PORTION AT LEAST PARTIALLY SURROUNDING SAID SPRING MEANS OTHER END, SAID RIB PORTION ENGAGING AGAINST SAID CUP MEMBER ONE END WHEN SAID SPRING MEANS IS FULLY COMPRESSED WITHIN SAID CUP MEMBER.

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