Powder driven support device

• US 6,957,717 B1
• Filed: 08/22/2003
• Issued: 10/25/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: White, Michael L., Diggle, Frederick James III
• Primary Examiner(s): LEV, BRUCE ALLEN
• Application Number:
  US10/646,068
• Time in Patent Office: 795 Days
• Field of Search: 182/92, 182/90, 182/91, 182/127, 182/150, 182/189, 248/216.1
• US Class Current: 182/92
• CPC Class Codes: B25C 1/10 generated by detonation of a cartridge
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 15/06 with barbs, e.g. for metal parts; Drive screws
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 19/14 Bolts or the like for shooting into concrete constructions, metal walls or the like by means of detonation-operated nailing tools tools therefor B25C, B27F

Abstract

A support device may be used by a technician when performing elevated line work, for example. The support device may include a shaft having a first end and a second end and threads disposed at the first end of the shaft for use in securing the device to a pole. The support device further may include at least one rigid support member disposed on the second end of the shaft for supporting an object from the device and a pusher attached to the second end of the shaft and adapted to drive the support device into the pole. The pusher may include a driving end adapted to receive force applied from a piston of a powder driven tool, an extension portion extending from the driving end and contacting the support device.

Claims

1. A support device comprising:

a shaft having a first end and a second end;

threads disposed at the first end of the shaft for use in securing the device to a pole;

a plurality of support members disposed on the second end of the shaft for supporting an object from the device, the plurality of rigid support members being integral with the shaft;

a pusher integral to the second end of the shaft and adapted to drive the shaft into the pole, wherein the pusher is tapered and the pusher including;

a driving end adapted to receive force applied from a piston of a powder driven tool, and

an extension portion extending from the driving end and, wherein the extension portion is integral with the shaft;

a stop member positioned distally of the threads on the shaft.

2. The support device of claim 1, wherein the shaft comprises stainless steel.

3. The support device of claim 1, wherein the shaft comprises titanium.

4. The support device of claim 1, wherein the shaft has a concave surface.

5. The support device of claim 1, wherein the rigid support member comprises a curved portion.

6. The support device of claim 1, wherein the rigid support member comprises a ring portion.

7. The support device of claim 1, wherein a first rigid support member comprises a curved portion and a second rigid support member comprises a ring portion.

8. The support device of claim 1, wherein the pusher comprises a concave surface.

9. The support device of claim 1, wherein the pusher comprises a planar surface.

10. The support device of claim 1, wherein the pusher comprises a hook portion.

11. The support device of claim 1, wherein the pusher is thinner than the shaft.

12. The support device of claim 1, wherein the pusher comprises a notch.

13. An assembly comprising:

a powder driven tool including a powder cartridge, a barrel, a piston within the barrel, and a trigger for actuating the piston within the barrel; and

a support device including a pusher on a first end where the pusher is located at least partially within the barrel and is adapted to receive force applied from the piston for driving a second end of the support device into a pole,

wherein the support device comprises at least one of a curved portion and a ring portion.

14. The assembly of claim 13, wherein the powder driven tool further comprises a muzzle extender connected to the barrel for cradling the support device.