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U.S. Senator Smith of Indiana ; After seeing Samuel Morse demonstrate the telegraph.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357738 | Reinforced sports support pole The present invention relates to a sports support pole, and more particularly to a reinforced support structure for supporting a pole such as a basketball pole or the like. The support structure may include a support bar positioned substantially in the center of the... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7343718 | Method for making multiple-part concrete pole This invention relates to pole structures used for supporting transmission and distribution lines, lighting and communications systems, highway signs, traffic signals, and the like. More specifically, this invention relates to a new and useful design of a multi-sect... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7240464 | Connector for concrete poles A concrete pole includes an attachment mechanism which provides a structurally sound means of attaching to the pole and permits the use of short, inexpensive bolts. The attachment mechanism includes reinforcing bars, a base plate, an internally threaded fastener ins... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7228672 | Fiber architecture for a composite pole A fiber architecture in the form of an elongate beam having a hollow polygonal cross section with a plurality of substantially flat exterior sides and a corner between each pair of adjacent exterior sides. The cross section is substantially thicker adjacent each cor... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7155875 | Method of forming a perimeter weighted foundation for wind turbines and the like A perimeter weighted foundation has a central pier pedestal and an enlarged base spaced outwardly and extending below the pedestal. The enlarged base includes an outer concentric perimeter wall section with a radially extending, disk-shaped spread section interconne... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7116282 | Tower reinforcement A device and method of reinforcement for towers, such as those used for electrical communications and telephonic devices, is provided. Elongated stiffening members are provided for indirect attachment to a tower by means of spacer elements. The spacer elements, whic... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7107730 | PSSC complex girder A PSSC complex girder in which a section shape steel structure is formed by joining one or more section shape steel. The PSSC complex girder includes a tension means for tensioning the section shape steel structure with a tensional member so that the structure has a... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7059096 | Multifunction utility pole A multifunction utility pole comprising a base portion suitable for installation in the ground or mounting on a surface, the base portion including a housing for a first utility, a pole portion extending above the base portion, the pole portion including a fixture f... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055286 | Modular post system and method of construction The invention provides a modular post system including a plurality of modular post members 10, 20 which are inter-connectable to form a post structure 30. The modular post members include a plurality of front post members 10 and rear post member... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6907706 | Tower for wind power installations A tower (1) for wind power installations, on which at least one rotor (2) that can be driven by wind can be rotatably supported, has an especially low mass relative to its load-bearing capacity, stability, and rigidity, if it has a tower portion (3 | 06/21/2005 |
| 6668511 | Formwork for pillars It is constituted by several plates (1), provided in its outer side (4) with transverse ribs (5), formed by C-shaped profiles and joined together to form a prismatic contour (7), closed by the inner flat sides of all the plates, the plates comprising a me... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6449791 | Prefabricated pier system A prefabricated pier system provides prefabricated foundation and cap components for assembly with a series of steel H section columns to facilitate construction of bridges, overpasses, and similar structures. Each foundation component comprises a prefabr... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6382878 | Multi-sectioned concrete support structure and method of manufacture An economical, high strength, highly corrosion-resistant, multi-section concrete support structure includes a first concrete section attached to a second concrete section. The first concrete section consists of a first concrete type and the second concret... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6367208 | Composite foundation post An efficient structural composite suitable for a cantilever applications in nonomnidirectional uses, such as that of highway guardrail posts, assembled from recycled plastic or rubber material as compressive elements with embedded formed sheet steel as te... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6286266 | Tree styled monopole tower A modified monopole tower is described, consisting primarily of a galvanized steel truncated pyramidal monopole capped by cellular phone apparatus. In the preferred embodiment, the monopole head is ringed by three coronae of steel female receptors which a... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6270052 | Form for producing concrete columns with recessed rings A mold is provided for forming a concrete column having at least one recess formed therein, as molded. The mold includes a tubular housing having an inner surface and a recess form having an inner and an outer surface. The recess form is mountable in the ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6048594 | Filled composite structure A filled structure includes a fiber reinforced resinous hollow structure having a tensile strength of at least 30,000 psi, an inside surface forming a boundary which encloses a space, and a hard core within the space. The hard core has a density of at lea... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6032431 | Device for forming framework of wooden building A device for forming a framework of a wooden building including a steel pipe, screw bar, joint, bolt and joint stick. The steel pipe is tightly inserted in a hole formed at the top edge and/or the bottom edge of a vertical post. The screw bar connects two... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5946880 | Filament wound tubular column A one-piece unitary composite tubular support column. The tubular column includes relatively thin and strong sidewalls, capable of withstanding axial load distributions of at least 6,000 psi without failure of the composite. An embodiment includes a neck ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5878546 | Concrete reinforcing bar connector A concrete reinforcing bar connector is described in which first and second elongated resilient clip members are formed in a substantially semi-circular "C" shaped cross-sectional configuration. The first and second clip members include opposed open ends ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5761875 | Reinforced concrete pole with attachment mechanism A concrete pole includes an attachment mechanism which provides a structurally sound means of attaching to the pole and permits the use of short, inexpensive bolts. It also eliminates the labor usually required for drilling or casting a hole through the p... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5720134 | Post having plastic base A long-lasting base for supporting a structural post for a shelter-type structure for use principally on a farm. The base is made of an impervious material to avoid any rotting or deterioration which might result from moisture in the ground, and is formed... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5555696 | Filament wound architectural column A traditional architectural column support. A one-piece unitary column body is hollow and tubular, and is comprised of a fiber-reinforced low-grade polyester system. The column body tapers radially inwardly from the lower third of the body to the upper en... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5119614 | Concrete post reinforcing apparatus A concrete post and panel noise barrier in which the opposed side walls of the post contain vertical grooves for slidably receiving the panels. Each post further contains two parallel rows of vertically disposed reinforcing bars positioned adjacent the fr... | 06/09/1992 |
| 4887691 | Modular wall construction using posts and panels A post and panel wall system for use as sound barriers and the like utilizes a precast post which is disposed upon a foundation having a tensioning cable extending upwardly therefrom and recesses into which depending anchoring rods on the posts are placed... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4751804 | Utility pole A tubular elongate pole comprises a pole wall having a plurality of small diameter wires embedded in a polymer-containing matrix bonded to the wires to form an encapsulating shell of relatively low weight and which is substantially impermeable to aqueous ... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4637186 | Fence pole A pole for use in a fence, railing or the like, the pole body (1) being made from a curable material such as concrete, while pairs of opposite tensioning elements (10) are arranged along the outer sides (7) of the pole body (1) and between anchoring parts... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4143859 | Cement fence post A central bar extends along the center of a cement post from the bottom of the post to a point spaced above the top thereof and has a diametric bore formed therethrough in the area of the top end. A support member extends from the post perpendicularly to ... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4009550 | Modular piling system A precast modular piling system of square-sectioned reinforced concrete sections of standard interchangable lengths are capable of being connected by a joint constituted by a steel jointing piece appearing at either end of the pile sections for purposes o... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3935689 | Transmission line structure A new transmission line support structure including a pair of poles and a superstructure supported from below on the tops of the poles and comprising one or several crossarm units each of which includes a crossarm and may include a plurality of upwardly e... | 02/03/1976 |