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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:
Apr. 21, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gennady Kleyman, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Assignee:
Environment 2000, Inc., Parsippany, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
405181 ; 405154 ; 405174 ; 405178 ;
Abstract
An excavation apparatus comprising: a wedge member for driving through the ground and for slidingly contacting and lifting an overburden located beneath the surface of the ground substantially toward the surface of the ground; a driving attachment member for driving the wedge member below and substantially parallel to the surface of the ground; and a lateral support member attached to the wedge member for guiding the overburden across the wedge member. The apparatus may remove an existing utility line, install a new utility line, apply bedding material beneath a new utility line, or form a trench.