U.S. patent application number 11/055687 was filed with the patent office on 2006-08-17 for leg support.
Invention is credited to Jason Yang.
Application Number | 20060180729 11/055687 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 36814736 |
Filed Date | 2006-08-17 |
United States Patent
Application |
20060180729 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Yang; Jason |
August 17, 2006 |
Leg support
Abstract
A leg support for insertion by a selected object provided with
an insertion post such as a garden lamp to be planted into the
ground includes a primary leg, a deck, an bracket and one or a
plurality of secondary leg; the primary leg extending beneath the
deck, the bracket disposed offset on the deck; the secondary leg
extending beneath the bracket; screwed holes being respectively
provided on both opposite side of the bracket; the leg support
being planted into the ground to receive insertion of an insertion
post from the selected object; and the post being locked into
screwed holes with fasteners to secure the selected object.
Inventors: |
Yang; Jason; (Taichung City,
TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
TROXELL LAW OFFICE PLLC;SUITE 1404
5205 LEESBURG PIKE
FALLS CHURCH
VA
22041
US
|
Family ID: |
36814736 |
Appl. No.: |
11/055687 |
Filed: |
February 11, 2005 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
248/508 |
Current CPC
Class: |
E04H 12/2269 20130101;
E04H 12/2215 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
248/508 |
International
Class: |
A47K 1/08 20060101
A47K001/08 |
Claims
1-8. (canceled)
9. A leg support for holding a post comprising: a) a deck having a
protrusion on a top thereof; b) a primary leg extending downwardly
from a bottom of the deck and aligning with the protrusion; c) at
least one secondary leg extending downwardly from the bottom of the
deck; and d) a bracket extending upwardly from the top of the deck
and having two screw holes, the post being inserted into the
bracket and selectively secured in the bracket by two fasteners
connected to the screw holes.
10. The leg support according to claim 9, wherein each of the
primary leg and the at least one secondary leg have a plurality of
reinforcement ribs.
11. The leg support according to claim 9, wherein each of the at
least one secondary leg has a length shorter than a length of the
of the primary leg.
12. The leg support according to claim 9, wherein each of the at
least one secondary leg has a length equal to a length of the of
the primary leg.
13. The leg support according to claim 9, wherein the bracket is
offset from the primary leg.
14. The leg support according to claim 9, wherein a first of the
two fasteners is inserted through a wall of the post, and a second
of the two fasteners engages an outer surface of the post.
15. The leg support according to claim 9, wherein the deck has an
opening located on an interior of the bracket.
16. The leg support according to claim 9, wherein the deck has at
least one rib located on the bottom thereof.
17. The leg support according to claim 9, wherein the bracket has a
rib located adjacent to each of the two screw holes.
18. The leg support according to claim 9, wherein the bracket has a
plurality of ribs located on an interior thereof.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] (a) Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention is related to a leg support, and more
particularly, to one that secure a garden lamp, a garden umbrella,
a pole, or any other selected object provided with an insertion
post.
[0003] (b) Description of the Prior Art
[0004] As illustrated in FIG. 8, a leg support of the prior art is
provided to receive insertion a standing-alone garden lamp, solar
street lamp, or any other object adapted with a post 10 such as a
garden umbrella or a pole. The leg support is comprised of only a
bracket 20 and a single leg 30. The leg support is buried in the
ground with the bracket 20 exposed out of the ground and locked to
the post 10. After a certain period of time, the post 10 gets
easily inclined to compromise the view of the landscape or in
serious case, the post 10 is collapsed or hurting pedestrian and/or
vehicles nearby as a result of the weight, such as that of a
lighting fixture, suspended from the post or due to that people
tend to lean on the post.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a
leg support that effectively prevents the post from being inclined
or collapsed.
[0006] To achieve the purpose, the post of a selected object, e.g.,
a garden lamp comprised of a primary leg, a deck, a bracket, and
one or a plurality of secondary leg. The secondary leg extends from
where beneath the bracket to plant the support into the ground to
firmly secure the post.
[0007] Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a leg
support that is disposed with two screwed holes respectively on two
opposite sides of the bracket. One fastener penetrates through a
screwed hole to lock up the post and another fastener locks into
the other screwed hole to hold against the post. In case that the
post is inclined for cause whatsoever, it can be restored to its
original vertical status by adjusting the fastener holding against
the post
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0008] FIG. 1 is an exploded view of the present invention inserted
with a post.
[0009] FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the present invention inserted
with a post.
[0010] FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing an application of the
present invention with a garden lamp.
[0011] FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing that the present
invention is placed up side down.
[0012] FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a preferred embodiment
of the present invention provided with two secondary legs.
[0013] FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing another preferred
embodiment of the present invention provided with three secondary
legs.
[0014] FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing another preferred
embodiment yet of the present invention provided with four
secondary legs.
[0015] FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing the prior art.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0016] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a leg support of the present
invention is essentially comprised of a primary leg 1, a deck 2, a
bracket 3, and one or a plurality of secondary legs 4. Wherein, the
primary leg 1 extends downward a tip in a shape of an awl and the
tip is adapted with multiple reinforcement ribs.
[0017] The deck 2 located to the top end of the primary leg 1
laterally extends in a given size, and a protrusion 21 is provided
on the deck at where in relation with the top of the primary leg 1
to facilitate the hammering of the leg support into the ground.
[0018] The bracket 3 disposed offset above the deck 2 receives the
insertion of a post 51 from a selected object 5, i.e., a garden
lamp as illustrated in FIG. 3; and on two opposite walls of the
bracket 3 are respectively disposed with a screwed holes 31,
32.
[0019] As illustrated in FIGS. 4 through 7, the secondary leg 4
extends below the bracket 3 on the deck 2. Each secondary leg 4 is
also provided with multiple reinforcement ribs and has an awl
shaped tip. Unless provided with absolute necessity that the
secondary leg 4 and the primary leg 1 are of the same length, the
length and size of each secondary leg 4 are smaller than that of
the primary leg 1.
[0020] All the primary leg 1, the deck 2, the bracket 3 and the
secondary leg 4 are integrated in one piece or may be assembled by
locking or welding means. The leg support is planted into the
ground for the post 51 from the selected object 5 to inserted into
the bracket 3, and then two fasteners 61, 62 respectively lock up
both screwed holes 31, 32 dispose on the walls of the bracket 3 to
firmly secure the post 51 as illustrated in FIG. 3.
[0021] It should be appreciated that the selected object 5 includes
a solar street lamp, a garden umbrella, a flagpole or any other
object adapted with a pole.
[0022] One screwed hole 31 is penetrated by the fastener 61 to lock
up the post 51 of the selected object 5 so to secure the post 51 to
the bracket 3. Meanwhile, another screwed hole 32 is also locked up
but not penetrated by another fastener 62 thus to hold against the
post 51. If the post 51 is inclined for cause whatsoever, by
adjusting the fastener 62, the post 51 is restored to its original
vertical status.
[0023] Now referring to FIGS. 4 through 7, an opening 33 is
disposed on the deck 2 at the bottom of the bracket 3 to serve a
drain to prevent accumulation of water.
[0024] To further improve the structure of the leg support,
multiple reinforcement ribs are provided to the inner wall of the
deck 2 or the bracket 3, or those screwed holes 31, 32.
[0025] The prevent invention provides an improved construction of a
leg support. However, it is to be noted that that the preferred
embodiments disclosed in the specification and the accompanying
drawings are not limiting the present invention; and that any
construction, installation, or characteristics that is same or
similar to that of the present invention should fall within the
scope of the purposes and claims of the present invention.
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