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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2024
The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc., Wabash, IN (US);
Robert W. Huddleston, Twelve Mile, IN (US);
The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc., Wabash, IN (US);
Abstract
A meter pit setter assembly that includes an expandable S-tube or U-tube. The expandable S-tube or U-tube includes a first arcuate or angled tube that has a first opening at a first end of the first arcuate tube and a second opening at a second end of the first arcuate tube. The second end of the first arcuate tube is connected to a telescoping tube member of an expansion coupling portion. A second arcuate or angled tube has a first opening at a first end of the second arcuate tube and a second opening at a second end of the second arcuate tube. The second end of the second arcuate tube is connected to a body member of the expansion coupling portion. The telescoping tube member of the expansion coupling portion is coupled to the body member of the expansion coupling portion. The body member of the expansion coupling portion is movable with respect to the telescoping tube member between an extended position and a retracted position to provide variable lengths of the expandable S-tube or U-tube.
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