Flagger/marker/locator
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1. An underground utility line flagger and marker, comprising:
- an elongated main body having an upper end and a lower end, a front surface and a rear surface;
an elongated, rigid ground penetrating member having a top and a bottom end;
a handle connected to said upper end and extending from said front surface at an acute angle to said main body;
said top end of said ground penetrating member connected to said lower end and said front surface of said main body;
said bottom end of said ground penetrating member having a marker flagstaff-engagement notch in a bottom edge thereof, wherein the ground penetrating member extends downwardly from the lower end and forwardly from the front surface of the main body at an obtuse angle to the main body; and
a foot driven projection on a lower end of said main body whereby a staff of a marker flag lying on the ground can be inserted into the ground with the flag upright by using the handle to place the engagement notch on the flagstaff and stepping on the foot driven projection.
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An underground utility line flagger and marker having an elongated main body having an upper end and a lower-end ground penetrator, a forwardly projecting handle at the upper end at an acute angle to the main body, the ground penetrator having a marker flagstaff-engagement recess at the bottom thereof, and a foot-driven projection on the main body whereby the staff of a marker flag lying on the ground can be inserted into the ground with the flag upright by using the handle to place the engagement recess on the flagstaff and stepping on the peg.
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24 Claims
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1. An underground utility line flagger and marker, comprising:
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an elongated main body having an upper end and a lower end, a front surface and a rear surface; an elongated, rigid ground penetrating member having a top and a bottom end; a handle connected to said upper end and extending from said front surface at an acute angle to said main body; said top end of said ground penetrating member connected to said lower end and said front surface of said main body; said bottom end of said ground penetrating member having a marker flagstaff-engagement notch in a bottom edge thereof, wherein the ground penetrating member extends downwardly from the lower end and forwardly from the front surface of the main body at an obtuse angle to the main body; and a foot driven projection on a lower end of said main body whereby a staff of a marker flag lying on the ground can be inserted into the ground with the flag upright by using the handle to place the engagement notch on the flagstaff and stepping on the foot driven projection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An underground utility line flagger and marker, comprising:
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an elongated main body having an upper end and a lower end, a front surface and a rear surface; an elongated, rigid ground penetrating member having a top end and a bottom end wherein said bottom end has a knife blade portion; a handle connected to said upper end and extending from said front surface at an acute angle to said main body; said top end of said ground penetrating member connected to said lower end of said main body, wherein the ground penetrating member extends downwardly from the lower end and forwardly from the front surface of the main body at an obtuse angle to the main body; said knife blade portion further including a marker flagstaff engagement notch in a bottom edge thereof; a foot driven projection on a lower end of said main body; and a flag having a flagstaff wherein said marker flagstaff engagement notch receives said flagstaff whereby said flagstaff is inserted into the ground by actuating said foot driven projection. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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