US2843890A

US2843890A - Pole boot

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Publication number: US2843890A
Application number: US414377A
Authority: US
Inventors: Harry L Cater
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1954-03-05
Filing date: 1954-03-05
Publication date: 1958-07-22
Anticipated expiration: 1975-07-22

Description

July 22, 1958 H. CATER 2,843,890

POLE BOOT i Fiied March 5, 1954 2 sheets-sheet 1 ,l n f 7 (g 7 )r v ATTORNEYS July 22, 195s A H. L. CATER Y 2,843,890

' POLE BOOT Filed March 5, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTGRNEYS.

United States Patent g O POLE BOOT Harry L. Cater, Kansas City, Mo.'

Application March 5, 1954, Serial No. 414,377

1 Claim. (Cl. 20-100) This invention relates to a boot or guard constructed of tire proof material for positioning around the lower or butt end of a telegraph or telephone pole or the like, for the protection of the pole against damage caused by lire, termites or other elements that cause damage and deterioration of such poles.

An important object of the invention is to provide a boot of this character which may be readily and easily positioned around the butt end of a pole prior to the setting or positioning of the pole in the ground, the lower end of the boot being so constructed that it will cover or house the butt end of the pole, providing a protecting surface between the end of the pole and hole in which it is set.

A further object of the invention is to provide a boot of this character which may be positioned around poles after the poles have been positioned or set, the boot providing adequate tire protection and at the same time providing an exceptionally effective ground to which the ground wires of electric circuits may be connected.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a one-piece tire-proof boot adapted to be wrapped around a pole and secured in position through the medium of a lacing wire capable ot drawing the overlapping ends of the boot together in such close engagement with the pole as to exclude the elements which would otherwise damage such poles.

With the foregoing andother objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmental elevational View of a pole, the butt end of which is equipped with a boot constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a view of the blank prior to positioning it around a pole.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental enlarged elevational view illustrating the wire used in lacing the overlapped ends of the boot together. j

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken online 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view illustrating the boot as folded over the butt end of a pole.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference character 5 indicates a telegraph or telephone pole, and the reference character 6 indicates a pole boot to be constructed in accordance with the invention, as positioned on the butt end of the pole.

The boot comprises a length of lire-proof material, preferably sheet metal, the length and width of the boot being determined by the requirements of use.

FVice As shown, the boot is provided with prongs 7 which are struck up from the metal of which the boot is formed, the prongs 7 being arranged in a line and in predetermined spaced relation with respect to each other through out the length of the boot. As shown by Fig. 2, the prongs 7 are formed adjacent to one edge of the boot so that the lacing wire, to be hereinafter more fully described, when positioned over the prongs, will effect a pull on the extreme edge of the boot.

Arranged in rows extending longitudinally of the other edge of the boot 6, are prongs 8 and 9, the prongs 8 and 9 being so arranged that when the boot is wrapped around the butt end of a pole, the prongs 7 will fall with such relation to the prongs 8 and 9 as to receive the lacing wire 10. For this purpose the prongs 7 are oppositely inclined relative to the incline of the prongs 8 and 9 on the opposite edge of the boot. The lacing wire 10 is formed with the loop 11 at one end thereof, the loop adapted to be fitted over one of the prongs 7, which will be used in lacing the overlapped ends of the boot together. The lacing wire which is indicated by the reference character 10, is now positioned over

alternate prongs

7, and 8 or 9, in a manner as shown by Fig. 1 of the drawing. The lower end of the lacing wire 10 is now looped over the lowermost prong 7, securing the lacing wire in position.

During the lacing operation, it will of course, be understood that the wire is drawn taut to draw the overlapped ends of the boot together tightly.

The lower end of the boot is cut to provide the extensions 12, which extensions are bent inwardly over the butt end of the pole, in a manner as shown by Fig. 5 of the drawings, whereupon a securing nail such as indicated at 13, is driven into the overlapped ends of such extensions, to the end that the butt end of the pole is completely housed with the extensions providing a supporting base to protect the butt end of the pole.

While I have shown and described the boot as being constructed of lire-proof metal, it is within the scope of the invention to construct the boot of any desired material.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A polevboot comprising a body constructed of flexible reproof sheet metal adapted to be bent around the butt end of a pole, with its adjacent edges overlapped, housing the butt end of the pole, spaced prongs struck from the metal body arranged in vertical rows adjacent to the edges of said body, said prongs extending outwardly out of the plane of the body, the prongs of each row being oppositely inclined relative to the incline of the row of projections on the opposite edge of the sheet, and the prongs of each row being staggered relative to the prongs of the opposite row, a llexible wire lacing member laced over said prongs, engaging about a prong of each row alternately and adapted to draw the overlapped edges of said body together, triangular extensions formed integral with the body at one end thereof, and bent into overlapping engagement with the butt end of the pole, and means for securing the overlapped extensions together and to the butt end of the pole.

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