K-base for a pole mounting system

• Main Authors: KRAPFL CLIFFORD, DOAN JIMMY-QUANG VIET, COON ROBERT, FREESE JOHN B, PETRICK CHRISTOPHER, GUNDERSON BJORN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.04.2010
• Subjects: BLASTING; CABINETS; COFFEE MILLS; DESKS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DRAWERS; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES ORAPPARATUS NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUSPROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; FURNITURE; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OFFICE FURNITURE; SPICE MILLS; STANDS OR SUPPORTS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TABLES; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

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.