Patent ID: 9428918
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: E04C,E04F,E04H

Claim Text:
1. A cover segment of a modular cover in which two or more cover segments are connectable for surrounding a support structure, comprising: the cover segment having a top edge, a bottom edge, opposing sides, an outer surface, and an inner surface, the inner surface facing a support structure when two more cover segments are connected; at least one lateral connector disposed on each of the opposing sides of the cover segment; a top connecting member having a ledge extending inwardly substantially perpendicular to the inner surface of the cover segment and extending along the top edge of the cover segment; a bottom connecting member having a ledge extending inward substantially perpendicular to the inner surface of the cover segment and extending along the bottom edge of the cover segment; and one or more bottom flanges each extending from the bottom connecting member downward substantially perpendicular to the bottom connecting member; wherein the at least one lateral connector of one of the two opposing sides of the cover segment is configured to connect to a corresponding at least one lateral connector disposed on a corresponding one of the opposing sides of a laterally adjacent cover segment when the lateral connectors of the cover segment and the laterally adjacent cover segment connect, wherein the top connecting member has one or more notches disposed in the top connecting member, and wherein the one or more bottom flanges of one said cover segment is configured to correspond with the notches of the top connecting member of a vertically adjacent said cover segment such that the bottom flanges fit within the notches when the two or more cover segments are connected, and the top ledge of the top connecting member of one said cover segment is configured to correspond with the ledge of the bottom connecting member of a vertically adjacent said cover segment such that the ledge of the top connecting member and the ledge of the bottom connecting member abut one another when the two or more cover segments are connected.