Patent ID: 9328477
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: E02D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A pile guide for supporting a pile as it is driven into a substrate, comprising: a base frame; and a pile guide member which is mounted on the base frame and defines a passageway with an inner peripheral surface to which a plurality of elongate members are attached, the plurality of elongate members being configured to engage a pile and guide it in a predetermined direction through the passageway as it is driven into a substrate, wherein at least one elongate member and the inner peripheral surface of the passageway have releasable inter-connecting profiles for releasably attaching the at least one elongate member to the inner peripheral surface, with the interconnecting profiles including a hook portion and a corresponding loop portion for receiving the hook portion, and with the hook portion and corresponding loop portion orientated such that movement of a pile through the passageway into a substrate beneath the base frame urges the hook portion to remain interconnected with the corresponding loop portion.