Title: Mobile home telephone stake

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1. A mobile home telephone stake used with an underground telephone cable, the end of the cable received in a junction box mounted on the stake, an additional telephone cable is attached to the junction box and received in the mobile home for providing telephone service thereto, the telephone stake comprising:

an elongated metal post having a first side portion and a second side portion, said side portions intersecting, forming a "V" shaped cross section, said side portions having outwardly extending edges, said post having an upper end portion, a center portion, and a lower end portion, said lower end portion having a pointed end for inserting said post in the ground surface;

a flat mounting plate, the back of said plate attached to the outwardly extending edges of said first and second side portions of said post, said plate disposed below the top of the upper end portion of said post, the sides of said plates extending outwardly from the first and second side portions of said post, said mounting plate including a plurality of sets of apertures in a spaced relationship thereon, each of said sets of apertures threadably receiving mounting fasteners of a particular make of junction box;

a flat washer attached to the top of the upper end portion of said post and extending outwardly therefom, said washer used for striking the upper end portion of the telephone stake and driving the stake into the ground surface; and

flexible ties secured around the exterior of said first and second side portions of said post for holding the underground telephone cable against the interior sides of said first and second side portions of said post.

2. The stake as described in claim 1, further including a tie-down clamp secured to the front of said mounting plate for securing a portion of the underground telephone cable to said mounting plate.

3. The stake as described in claim 1, wherein said mounting plate includes rounded edges of the corners of said plate for preventing the tearing and shagging of clothing during the installation of the stake.

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Inventors: Garrett, Deloris (Oklahoma City, OK, US)

Application Number: 689488
Filing Date: 1976-05-24
Publication_date: 1978-02-28
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 248/49 174/38, 248/121, 248/156
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

1173036	Feb, 1916	Robidoux	248/156.
2162636	Jun, 1939	Peoples	248/156.
2701700	Feb, 1955	Williamson	248/156.
3164668	Jan, 1965	Skubal	174/38.
3180920	Apr, 1965	Fletcher et al.	174/38.
3502785	Mar, 1970	Nickola	248/156.
3751575	Aug, 1973	Barb	174/38.
3868080	Feb, 1975	Olson	248/300.
3872234	Mar, 1975	Smith	174/38.
3928712	Dec, 1975	Sears	174/38.
3960353	Jun, 1976	Leutwyler	248/DIG.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Frazier, Roy D.
Assistant Examiner: Bonck, Rodney H.
Attorney: Crabtree; Edwin H., Widdowson; John H.