Patent ID: 6832575
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: G01C,Y10T

Abstract:
A marker stake having an indicator flag, comprising:a stake body formed in one piece of a synthetic, polymeric material, the stake body having a bottom pointed end integrally formed of the synthetic, polymeric material, an intermediate cylindrical sidewall portion and a top end which terminates in a planar exposed end surface; a first filament bundle of stiff, resilient strands which form an indicator flag, the first filament bundle having an attachment region which is permanently attached to the top, planar exposed end surface of the stake body; wherein the stake body has a hollow interior bore which terminates in an end opening in the top end thereof, the interior bore being sized to receive a driving tool for driving the marker stake into the ground; and wherein the cylindrical sidewall portion of the stake body is joined to the top end by a frusto-conical wall region and wherein the top, planar exposed end surface has an outer periphery which slopes evenly downward to the cylindrical sidewall portion of the stake body, the outer periphery being of a larger relative diameter than the diameter of the cylindrical sidewall portion of the stake body.