Meter pedestal

Claim 1

A METERING PEDESTAL FOR AN UNDERGROUND POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM COMPRISING A VERTICAL EXTENDING STAKE MEMBER OF GENERALLY U-SHAPED HORIZONTAL SECTION HAVING A LOWER END EXTENDING BELOW THE GROUND LINE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR SAID PEDESTAL; A PLURALITY OF APERTURES IN THE WEB PORTION OF SAID STAKE MEMBER ABOVE SAID GROUND LINE; A PLURALITY OF APERTURES EACH RESPECTIVELY MOUNTED IN SAID PLURALITY OF APERTURES EACH ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A METER PROJECTING FROM SAID STAKE MEMBER IN THE DIRECTION OPPOSITE THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THE FLANGE PORTIONS OF SAID STAKE MEMBER PROJECT; A GROUND LINE COVER HAVING A LOWER END TERMINATING BELOW SAID GROUND LINE AND AN UPPER END ABOVE SAID GROUND LINE TERMINATING BELOW SAID STAKE MEMBER APERTURES WITH THE VERTICAL MARGINAL EDGES OF THE FLANGE PORTIONS OF SAID GROUND LINE COVER IN CLOSELY TELESCOPED RELATION WITH SAID FLANGE PORTIONS OF SAID STAKE MEMBER; AN UPPER COVER MEMBER OF GENERALLY U-SHAPED HORIZONTAL SECTIONS HAVING A LOWER MARGINAL EDGE PORTION IN TELESCOPED OVERLYING RELATION TO SAID GROUND LINE COVER UPPER END PORTION AND VERTICALLY EXTENDING MARGINAL FLANGE PORTIONS IN TELESCOPING RELATION WITH FLANGE PORTIONS OF SAID STAKE MEMBER; AND A CAP SECURED TO ONE OF SAID MEMBERS AND OVERLYING THE UPPER MARGINAL EDGES OF SAID MEMBERS WHEREBY SAID MEMBERS, GROUND LINE COVER AND CAP COOPERATE TO FORM A SUBSTANTIALLY UNINTERRUPTED ENCLOSURE ABOVE SAID GROUND LINE, SAID GROUND LINE COVER AND SAID UPPER COVER MEMBER EACH BEING RELEASABLY SECURED TO SAID STAKE WITH SAID UPPER COVER BEING INTERLOCKED WITH SAID GROUND LINE COVER TO PREVENT REMOVAL OF SAID GROUND LINE COVER FROM SAID STAKE WHEN SAID UPPER COVER MEMBER IS SECRUED TO SAID STAKE AND TO PREVENT DISCONNECTION OF SAID UPPER MEMBER FROM SAID GROUND LINE MEMBER WITHOUT REMOVAL OF SAID CAP, AND LOCKING MEANS FOR PREVENTING REMOVAL OF SAID CAP AND TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED REMOVAL OF SAID UPPER COVER AND SAID GROUND LINE COVER.