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Soccer pole stake apparatus

US5758857A · kind A · utility

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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 26, 1996
Grant dateJun 2, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 26, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B2071/024
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A stake assembly for the support of soccer poles and other tubular structures includes a pair of generally parallel vertical members affixed together and spaced a desired distance apart by an upper lateral member interposed between the vertical members proximate their upper portion, and a lower lateral member interposed between the vertical members proximate their medial portion, such that the distance between the outside surfaces of the vertical members is generally equal to, and preferably slightly greater than, the inside diameter of the pole to be supported. Furthermore, the upper lateral member has a lateral extent generally equal to the inside diameter of the pole to be supported, while the lower lateral member has a lateral extent generally equal to the outside diameter of the pole to be supported. The vertical members terminate in a basal portion each preferably bearing an angled tip.

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