Patent ID: 8993884
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: H01B,H02G

Abstract:
1. A wire theft deterrent system comprising: a first U-shaped portion and a second U-shaped portion for encapsulating wire in a riser that is associated with a telephone pole, wherein the first and second U-shaped portions are both made of stainless steel, so as to be resistant to saws; the first U-shaped portion having a first flange, a first side wall, an end wall, a second side wall and a second flange, wherein the first and second flanges each have apertures therein, wherein the end wall is parallel to the first flange, wherein the first flange and the first side wall form an exterior angle greater than 90 degrees and less than 150 degrees, wherein the second flange and the second side wall form an exterior angle greater than 90 degrees and less than 150 degrees; the second U-shaped portion having a first flange, a first side wall, an end wall, a second side wall and a second flange, wherein the first and second flanges each have apertures therein, wherein the end wall is parallel to the first flange, wherein the first flange and the first side wall form an exterior angle greater than 90 degrees and less than 150 degrees, wherein the second flange and the second side wall form an exterior angle greater than 90 degrees and less than 150 degrees; the first U-shaped portion and the second U-shaped portion being connected to one another by a first set of high-security fasteners, each of which passes through an aperture in the first flange of the first U-shaped portion and a corresponding aperture in first flange of the second U-shaped portion, and a second set of high-security fasteners, each of which passes through an aperture in the second flange of the second U-shaped portion and a corresponding aperture in the second flange of the second U-shaped portion; and a channel nut unit which is used to attach and detach the wire theft deterrent system to a pole standoff system that spaces the riser away from the telephone pole, the channel nut unit including a channel nut and a channel bolt, wherein rotation of the channel bolt causes rotation of the channel nut, such that the channel nut can be attached to and detached from the pole standoff system, which has a channel therein, and wherein the channel bolt is encapsulated by the first U-shaped portion and the second U-shaped portion when in a deterrent configuration, and wherein the wire theft deterrent system may only be attached to and detached from the pole standoff system when the channel nut is accessible.