Utility pole assembly

• US 9,121,194 B2
• Filed: 04/03/2013
• Issued: 09/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Day Brite Industrial Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd.
• Original Assignee: Day Brite Industrial Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd.
• Inventors: Chan, Kong Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): STEPHAN, BETH A
• Application Number:
  US14/391,527
• Publication Number:
  US 20150089901A1
• Time in Patent Office: 881 Days
• Field of Search: 52/40, 528/43, 528/45, 52848-850, 528/55, 526/510.1, 526/510.7, 403/292, 403/336
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 12/003 Access covers or locks therefor
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 12/085 Details of flanges for tubular masts
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 12/2238 to be placed on the ground Christmas tree stands A47G33/12
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 12/342 Arrangements for stacking tower sections on top of each other E04H12/344 takes precedence

Abstract

An article of elongate metal piece (101a) comprising a retaining track (102a) and a shaft (103a) at its respective long edges, wherein multiple pieces (101a) of the identical articles are arranged in a side-by-side fashion to assemble a pole section with two contiguous arranged metal pieces (101a) interlocked by engaging the shaft (103a) of one metal piece to the retaining track (102a) of another adjacent metal piece.

Claims

1. A utility pole, comprising:

a lower pole section;

an upper pole section; and

a fastening plate mounted at one end of the lower and upper pole sections to join both sections together;

wherein the lower pole section is composed of a plurality of identical elongate metal pieces wherein each piece includes a retaining track and a shaft at a long edge thereof, wherein the lower pole section is assembled through arranging the pieces in a side-by-side fashion at the long edges thereof to form a substantially tubular formation, wherein the pieces are interlocked together by engaging the shaft of one of the pieces to the retaining track of an adjacent piece;

wherein the shaft defines an internal first locking groove in communication with first top and bottom openings and the fastening plate possesses corresponding first through hole that, when engaged by a bolt via the first top opening into the first locking groove and the first through hole, interlocks the piece and the fastening plate.

2. The utility pole of claim 1, wherein the piece defines a longitudinal second locking groove in communication with second top and bottom openings and the fastening plate possesses corresponding second through hole that, when engaged by a bolt via the second top opening into the second locking groove and the second through hole, interlocks the piece and the fastening plate.

3. The utility pole of claim 2, wherein the upper pole section has at least one longitudinal third locking groove in communication with third top and bottom openings and the fastening plate possesses corresponding third through hole that, when engaged by a bolt via the third bottom opening into the third locking groove and the third through hole, interlocks the upper pole section and the fastening plate.

4. The utility pole of claim 1, wherein the fastening plate has a first male protruding configuration at a bottom portion and the lower pole section has a first female receptive configuration that mating of the first male protruding configuration and first female receptive configuration interlock the lower pole section to the fastening plate.

5. The utility pole of claim 1, wherein the fastening plate has a second male protruding configuration at a top portion and the upper pole section has a second female receptive configuration that mating of the second male protruding configuration and second female receptive configuration interlock the upper pole section to the fastening plate.

6. The utility pole of claim 1, wherein the lower pole section has an exterior surface fabricated with one or more track for releasably attachment of one or more fixture.

7. The utility pole of claim 4, wherein the lower pole section has an exterior surface fabricated with one or more track for releasably attachment of one or more fixture and the track is the first female receptive configuration.

8. The utility pole of claim 1, wherein the upper pole section has an exterior surface fabricated with one or more track for releasably attachment of one or more fixture.

9. The utility pole of claim 5, wherein the upper pole section has an exterior surface fabricated with one or more tracks for releasably attachment of one or more fixture and the track is the second female receptive configuration.

10. The utility pole of claim 1, further comprising a base plate, for anchoring onto the ground, having a horizontally upraised projection of circular formation located substantially at a center of the base plate, wherein a side surface of the projection has a plurality of indentations to fit in part of the retaining track of one of the pieces of another end of the lower pole section.

11. The utility pole of claim 1, further comprising a base plate, for anchoring onto the ground, having a locking aperture corresponded to the first bottom opening that when engaged by a bolt via the first bottom opening into the first passage and the locking aperture interlocks the metal piece and the base plate.

12. A utility pole, comprising:

a lower pole section;

an middle pole section; and

a primary fastening plate mounted at one end of the lower and middle pole sections to join both sections together;

wherein the lower pole section is composed of a plurality of identical elongate metal pieces wherein each piece includes a retaining track and a shaft at a long edge thereof, wherein the lower pole section is assembled through arranging the pieces in a side-by-side fashion at the long edges thereof to form a substantially tubular formation, wherein the pieces are interlocked together by engaging the shaft of one of the pieces to the retaining track of an adjacent piece;

wherein the shaft defines an internal first locking groove in communication with first top and bottom openings and the primary fastening plate possesses corresponding first through hole that, when engaged by a bolt via the first top opening into the first locking groove and the first through hole, interlocks the piece and the primary fastening plate.

13. The utility pole of claim 12, further comprising an upper pole section joined to another end of the middle pole section through a secondary fastening plate.

14. The utility pole of claim 12, wherein at least one of the pieces at the lower pole section defines a longitudinal second locking groove in communication with second top and bottom openings and the primary fastening plate possesses a corresponding second through hole that, when engaged by a bolt via the second top opening into the second locking groove and the second through hole, interlocks the metal piece and the primary fastening plate.

15. The utility pole of claim 13, at least one of the pieces at the lower pole section defines a longitudinal second locking groove in communication with second top and bottom openings and the primary fastening plate possesses a corresponding second through hole that, when engaged by a bolt via the second top opening into the second locking groove and the second through hole, interlocks the metal piece and the primary fastening plate.

16. The utility pole of claim 13, wherein the secondary fastening plate has a first male protruding configuration at a bottom portion and the middle pole section has a first female receptive configuration that mating of the first male protruding configuration and first female receptive configuration interlock the middle pole section to the secondary fastening plate.

17. The utility pole of claim 16, wherein the secondary fastening plate has a second male protruding configuration at a top portion and the upper pole section has a second female receptive configuration that mating of the second male protruding configuration and second female receptive configuration interlock the upper pole section to the secondary fastening plate.

18. The utility pole of claim 16, wherein the middle pole section has an exterior surface fabricated with one or more tracks for releasable attachment of one or more fixtures, wherein the tracks include the first female receptive configuration.

19. The utility pole of claim 17, wherein the upper pole section has an exterior surface fabricated with one or more tracks for releasable attachment of one or more fixtures, wherein the tracks include the second female receptive configuration.