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(12) Patent Application: (11) CA 2257727
(54) English Title: PIPE POST ANCHORING DEVICE
(54) French Title: DISPOSITIF D'ANCRAGE POUR POTEAU TUBULAIRE
Status: Dead
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Abstracts

English Abstract




In a device loosely contained in the base of a pipe post about to be driven
into the
ground. And the purpose of the device is to anchor the post securely after it
is driven
to the desired depth, by mens of partly extruding the device, and then causing
it to
expand a considerable amount into the surrounding ground. And also to bond the
device to the driven post.


Claims

Note: Claims are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.




"THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH
AN EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED
ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS!"

1. A CLAIM TO ANCHOR PIPE POSTS IN THE GROUND

2. A CLAIM TO A BOLT TRAVERSGING THE PIPE POST
ARE DEFINED IN CLAIM 1

3. A CLAIM TO FOUR PROTRUSIONS MADE EVENLY
SPACED ON THE LOWEST POINT OF THE INSIDE WALL
OF A PIPE POST AS DEFINED IN CLAIMS 1, AND 2

4. A CLAIM TO AN ANCHORING DEVICE MADE FROM STEEL
TUBE ABLE TO MOVE TIGHTLY INSIDE A PIPE POST
AS DEFINED IN CLAIMS 1, 2 AND 3 AND THE TOP
DESIGNATED END IS CLOSED AND THE OPPOSEING
WHOLE LOWER END IS MADE INTO EIGHT EVENLY
SPACED CONCAVE PRONGS AND FOUR ALTERNATE
OF THESE PRONGS ARE MADE TO LIE INSIDE THE
IMAGINARY EXTENDED WALL OF THE TUBE AND THE
FOUR REMAING CONCAVE PRONGS ARE MADE TO OVERLAP
THE FOUR PREVIOUS CONCAVE PRONGS AND BE INSIDE
THE IMAGINARY EXTENDED WALL OF THE TUBE AND
TWO QUARTER INCH WIDE SLOTS OF PREDETERMINED
LENGTH ARE MADE LONGITUDINALLY OPPOSITE
ONE ANOTHER IN THE WALL OF THE ANCHORING
DEVICE

5. A CLAIM IN WHICH A BASE ANVIL DEVICE IS MADE




FROM SOLID METAL AND THE OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF IT
IS THE SAME AS THE OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF THE PIPE
POST AS DEFINED IN CLAIMS 1, 2, 3, AND 4 AND A
FLANGE ONE QUARTER INCH HIGH IS AROUND
THE DESIGNATED BOTTOM END OF THIS
COMPONENT AND THE PLATFORM OF THIS FLANGE
IS EQUAL IN WIDTH TO THE THICKNESS OF
THE WALL OF THE PIPE POST AS DEFINED IN
CLAIMS 1 2 3 AND 4 AND FROM THE INSIDECORNER
OF THIS CIRCULAR PLATFORM RISES A WALL ONE
EIGHTH INCH HIGH AND PROVISION IS MADE
IN THIS WALL FOR THE PROTRUSIONS AS DEFINED
IN CLAIM 3 FORMED ON THE INSIDE WALL OF
THE PIPE POST AS DEFINED IN CLAIMS 1, 2, 3 AND 4
AND FROM THE TOP OF THE CIRCULAR WALL
RISES A FORTY FIVE DEGREE CONE AND FROM
THE PINNACLE OF THIS CONE EXTENDS VERTICALLY
A METAL ROD AND JOINED TO THE TOP OF THE ROD
AND ON EDGE IS A RING THE SAME GAUGE AS THE
ROD AND THE INSIDE DIAMETER OF THE RING
IS APP. HALF INCH AND THE LENGTH OF THE
ROD AND RING COMBINED IS OF PREDETERMIND
LENGTH

6. A CLAIM IN WHICH A VICE GRIP TOOL IS MODIFIED
TO MAKE A PIPE POST AS DEFINED IN CLAIMS
1,2,3,4 AND 5 LIFTER AND SUPPORT TOOL AND IT IS
MADE BY HAVING ONE LEAF OF A HINGE WELDED
LONGITUDINALLY ONTO THE BOTTOM DESIGNATED
SURFACE OF EACH JAW OF A VICE GRIP TOOL AND
EACH SUSPENDED LEAF HAS A TUBULAR METAL LEG OF
PREDETERMINED LENGTH WELDED VERTICALLY TO IT



AND EACH LEG IS CAPABLE OF OPENING NO FURTHER
THAN TWENTY DEGREES AND THE JOINT OF THE
HINGE IS SPRUNG TO USUALLY MAINTAIN THE LEGS IN
OPEN POSITION AND A ARTICULATED PAD IS ATTACHED
TO THE BOTTOM OF EACH LEG AND THE PURPOSE OF
THIS TOOL IS TO RAISE AND SUPPORT THE PIPE POST. AS
DEFINED IN CLAIMS 1,2,3,4 AND 5 CONTAINING THE
ANCHORING DEVICE AS DEFINED IN CLAIM 3 COMBINED
WITH THE BASE ANVIL DEVICE AS DEFINED IN CLAIM 5
AND THEN TO KICK THE ARTICULATED LEGS
INWARD TO BRACE AND SUPPORT THE PIPE POST
AS DEFINED IN CLAIMS 1,2,3,4 AND 5

7. A CLAIM IN WHICH A CAVITY WILL BE
FORMED WHEN THE PIPE POST AS DEFINED IN
CLAIMS 1,2,3,4,5 AND 6 IS RAISED BY THE PIPE POST
LIFTER AND SUPPORT TOOL AS DEFINED IN
CLAIM 6

8. A CLAIM IN WHICH THE CAVITY AS DEFINED
AS DEFINED IN CLAIM 7 IS ENTERED BY THE BASE
ANVIL DEVICE AS DEFINED IN CLAIM 5 AND 6

9. A CLAIM IN WHICH A FIXED OPENING IS
CREATED BETWEEN THE BASE OF THE DRIVEN
PIPE POST AS DEFINED IN CLAIMS 1,2,3,4,5,6 AND 7
AND THE BASE ANVIL DEVICE AS DEFINED IN
5,6 AND 7



10. A CLAIM IN WHICH THE PRONGS OF THE
ANCHORING DEVICE AS DEFINED IN CLAIM 4 AND 6
IS EXTRUDED TO FORM A POST ANCHOR WHEN
STRUCK FROM ABOVE.

11. A CLAIM IN WHICH A SPACER PIPE IS
MODIFIED BY MAKING A RIM AROUND THE
TOP INNER CIRCUMFERENCE SO IT CAN BE
RETRIEVED AFTER USE

12. A CLAIM IN WHICH A SPACER PIPE AS
DEFINED IN CLAIM 11 HAS A SPACER PIPE
EXTENSION MADE FOR IT

13. A CLAIM IN WHICH A POST DRIVER IS MODIFIED
SO THAT A APERTURE IS MADE IN THE UPPER
WALL FOR THE PURPOSE OF VIEWING THE PROCESS
OF DRIVING A PIPE POST AS DEFINED IN CLAIMS 12
3,4,5,6,7 AND 9 AND ALSO PLACING A SPACER PIPE
EXTENSION AS DEFINED IN CLAIM 12 IN POSITION

14. A CLAIM IN WHICH THE TRAVEL OF THE
ANCHORING DEVICE AS DEFINED IN CLAIMS
4,6 AND 10 IS STOPPED BY THE PROTRUSIONS
AS DEFINED IN CLAIMS 3 AND 5




15 A CLAIM IN WHICH THE TRAVEL OF THE ANCHORING DEVICE
AS DEFINED IN CLAIMS 4,6,10 AND 14 WILL BE STOPPED
BY THE TOP OF THE SLOTS AS DEFINED IN CLAIMS 4
MEETING THE BOLT AS DEFINED IN CLAIM 2

16 A CLAIM IN WHICH A MECHANICALY POWER OPERATED
POST DRIVER WITH COUNTER BALANCED ARTICULATED
ARM IS SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO DRIVE AND ANCHOR
PIPE POSTS


Description

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Title Date
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(22) Filed 1999-01-04
(41) Open to Public Inspection 2000-07-04
Dead Application 2001-08-13

Abandonment History

Abandonment Date Reason Reinstatement Date
2000-08-14 FAILURE TO COMPLETE

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Application Fee $150.00 1999-01-05
Maintenance Fee - Application - New Act 2 2001-01-04 $50.00 2001-01-04
Owners on Record

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Current Owners on Record
MULLEADY, JOHN
Past Owners on Record
None
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Abstract 2001-01-23 1 481
Cover Page 2000-06-13 1 18
Claims 1999-01-04 5 158
Drawings 1999-01-04 1 33
Description 1999-01-04 6 208
Abstract 2000-06-23 1 481
Representative Drawing 2000-06-13 1 7
Assignment 1999-01-04 3 150
Correspondence 1999-02-09 2 46
Correspondence 2000-05-12 1 2
Correspondence 2001-01-18 1 17
Fees 2001-01-04 1 32
Fees 2001-01-04 1 32