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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1994
James N Fitzsimmons, Waukesha, WI (US);
Randy R Schickert, Kewaskum, WI (US);
Huffy Corporation, Miamisburg, OH (US);
Abstract
A support structure or ground sleeve for supporting a pole including a cap threadably engageable with an open end of a sleeve body. The ground sleeve includes a sleeve body adapted to be positioned in a ground surface for receiving and supporting a pole and includes at least one flange extending outwardly from the sleeve body for preventing the sleeve from rotating in the ground, a collet for engaging the pole, and an inwardly tapered closed end of the sleeve body for centering an end of the pole. An inwardly tapered race surface of the cap and a plurality of cirumferentially-spaced tabs of the sleeve body cooperate to define the collet. In addition, the ground sleeve is formed of a weather resistant non-corrosive material.