Finned sleeve for driven type survey monuments

• US 5,148,641 A
• Filed: 06/21/1991
• Issued: 09/22/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Berntsen International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Berntsen International Inc.
• Inventors: Rushing, William C., Hohol, John D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Scherbel, David A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Canfield, Robert
• Application Number:
  US07/718,630
• Time in Patent Office: 459 Days
• Field of Search: 52/103, 52/155, 52/158, 52/153, 52/165, 52/728, 52/154, 175/414, 175/415, 174/7
• US Class Current: 52/103
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 15/04 Permanent marks; Boundary markers

Abstract

A sleeve is provided for a driven-type survey monument having a penetrating point and cylindrical rod sections to stabilize the monument in the ground. The sleeve has an elongated body having a hollow bore, which receives a first portion of the survey monument, and a plurality of fins formed integrally with and extending outwardly from the elongated body of the sleeve.

Claims

1. A sleeve for a driven-type survey monument, comprising:

an elongated body having a hollow bore; and

a plurality of fins formed integrally with and extending outwardly from the elongated body;

wherein the hollow bore of the elongated body is adapted to receive a first portion of the survey monument,

wherein a gap is formed within the hollow bore of the sleeve between the elongated body and the first portion of the survey monument.

2. The sleeve of claim 1 wherein the elongated body is a hollow cylindrical body and wherein at least one of the fins is formed such that the juncture of the one fin and the cylindrical body defines a line in the axial direction.

3. The sleeve of claim 1 wherein there are three fins on the sleeve which are substantially rectangular in shape and are spaced regularly about the periphery of the elongated body.

4. The sleeve of claim 1 wherein the sleeve is formed of extruded plastic.

5. A sleeve for a driven-type survey monument, comprising:

an elongated body having a hollow bore; and

a plurality of fins formed integrally with and extending outwardly from the elongated body;

wherein the hollow bore of the elongated body is adapted to receive a first portion of the survey monument; and

further including;

a bushing having an outer perimeter and an inner bore, wherein the bushing is tapered such that the outer perimeter is greater at a first end of the bushing than it is at a second end of the bushing, and wherein the bushing is received by an axial end of said elongated body and the bushing receives a second portion of the survey monument.

6. The sleeve of claim 5 wherein the inner bore of the bushing has a bore perimeter, and wherein the bushing is further tapered such that the bore perimeter is greatest at the first end of the bushing, wherein the bore perimeter, at at least one location, is of substantially the same shape and size as the perimeter of the second portion of the survey monument.

7. A sleeve for a driven-type survey monument, comprising:

an elongated body having a hollow bore; and

a plurality of fins formed integrally with and extending outwardly from the elongated body;

wherein the hollow bore of the elongated body is adapted to receive a first portion of the survey monument; and

further including;

a bushing having an outer perimeter and an inner bore, wherein the outer perimeter is substantially the same shape and size as the bore, and wherein the bushing is received by an axial end of said elongated body and the bushing receives a second portion of the survey monument.

8. The sleeve of claim 7 wherein the inner bore of the bushing has a perimeter of substantially the same shape and size as the perimeter of the second portion of the survey monument.

9. A sectionalized driven-type survey monument resistant to removal, comprising:

(a) at least one cylindrical rod section of uniform cross-section, each such rod section adapted to be connected to another rod section in end to end relationship;

(b) a penetrating point section attached to the lower end of an adjacent cylindrical rod section;

(c) a sleeve having an elongated body with a hollow bore, and straight fins formed integrally with and extending outwardly from the elongated body, wherein the hollow bore receives a first portion of one of the rod sections, and further wherein the upper end of the elongated body is axially spaced from the upper end of the one rod section, whereby a survey marker cap can be placed over the upper end of the one rod section without interference by the fins.

10. The monument of claim 9 further including threaded connectors seated in threaded bores formed in the ends of the penetrating point section and the cylindrical rod sections, connecting them in a series so that the surfaces of the upper end of the penetrating point section and the lower end of the adjacent cylindrical rod section are in engagement, and so that the upper end of each cylindrical rod section and the lower end of each adjacent cylindrical rod section are in engagement, wherein the penetrating point has barbs with biased turning surfaces, whereby the driving of the penetrating point section into the ground will cause it to exert a torque on the adjacent cylindrical rod section which will be transmitted to all cylindrical rod sections so as to cause the connections between all rod sections to be tightened.

11. The monument of claim 9 wherein the elongated body is a hollow cylindrical body.

12. The monument of claim 9 wherein there are three fins on the sleeve which are substantially rectangular in shape and are spaced regularly about the periphery of the elongated body.

13. The monument of claim 9 wherein the cylindrical rod sections and the penetrating point section are formed of an aluminum-magnesium alloy, and wherein the sleeve is formed from extruded plastic and the fins are formed integrally with the elongated body.

14. The monument of claim 9 including an aluminum marker cap having a downwardly extending socket portion having a longitudinally fluted socket therein adapted to fit tightly over the upper end of the uppermost rod section.

15. The monument of claim 9 wherein the upper end of the sleeve is at least three inches from the upper end of the one rod section.

16. The monument of claim 9 further including:

a bushing having an outer perimeter of substantially the same shape and size as the hollow bore, and an inner bore;

wherein the bushing is received by an axial end of said elongated body; and

the bushing receives a second portion of the survey monument in its inner bore.

17. The monument of claim 16 wherein the inner bore of the bushing has a perimeter of substantially the same shape and size as the perimeter of the second portion of the survey monument.

18. The monument of claim 9 wherein a gap is formed within the hollow bore of the sleeve between the elongated body and the first portion of the survey monument.

19. The monument of claim 9 further including:

a tapered bushing having an outer perimeter greatest near a first end of the bushing, wherein at at least one location the outer perimeter is of substantially the same shape and size as the hollow bore, and an inner bore;

wherein the bushing is received by an axial end of said elongated body; and

the bushing receives a second portion of the survey monument in its inner bore.

20. The monument of claim 19 wherein the bushing is furthered tapered such that the inner bore of the bushing has a bore perimeter greatest at the first end of the bushing , wherein at at least one location the bore diameter is of substantially the same shape and size as the perimeter of the second portion of the survey monument.

21. The monument of claim 9 wherein the sleeve is formed of extruded plastic.