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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frederick P Strobl, Jr, Cary, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
52297 ; 52165 ; 52298 ;
Abstract
A monolithic plastic moldable foot is provided for supporting a wooden post in a hole in the ground. The foot includes a dish-shaped lower wall configured to be supported by the earth at the bottom of the hole and rib structure on the bottom wall for distributing loads throughout the entire extent of the bottom wall. After the hole is back filled the foot resists lateral and up-loads as well as down loads.