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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2006
Christopher Petrick, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Robert Coon, Chicago, IL (US);
Clifford Krapfl, Chicago, IL (US);
Jimmy-quang Viet Doan, Chicago, IL (US);
John B. Freese, Evanston, IL (US);
Bjorn Gunderson, Chicago, IL (US);
Christopher Petrick, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Robert Coon, Chicago, IL (US);
Clifford Krapfl, Chicago, IL (US);
Jimmy-Quang Viet Doan, Chicago, IL (US);
John B. Freese, Evanston, IL (US);
Bjorn Gunderson, Chicago, IL (US);
Bretford Manufacturing, Inc., Franklin Park, IL (US);
Abstract
A K-base for a pole mounting system includes a central hub formed as a pentagon with legs extending from four of the five sides of the pentagon. The ends of the legs may splay to form clefts configured to receive a flat outer perimeter of the central hub so that the legs may be bolted to the central hub. The ends of the legs and the fifth unoccupied side of the pentagon may be formed to approximate a disk. In the central region of the central hub, on the top surface, an indentation may be formed to approximate an outer perimeter of a pole configured to be attached to the K-base. On the bottom surface, the central region may contain a depression sized to receive a washer and optionally a weight. Bolts extending through the washer and optionally through the weight may be used to connect the K-base to a pole. The washer may be formed to distribute stress from the bolts on the central hub.