Patent ID: 9011035
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: E02D

Abstract:
1. An adjustable manhole cover assembly comprising: a holder body having a through bore, a lower edge adapted to connect to one or more lower elements to form a manhole and an upper edge having an adjustment member receiving bore adapted to receive an adjustment member in an overlapping relationship, said adjustment member receiving bore including a support structure; an adjustment member having an inner passageway and having an outer dimension smaller than an inner dimension of said adjustment member receiving bore to permit said adjustment member to permit the height of at least a portion of the adjustment member to be changed when inserted in said adjustment member receiving bore; one or more spacer elements configured to adjust the angle and/or height of said adjustment member relative to holder body and positioned adjacent said adjustment member on said support structure; a sealing material located in said receiving bore of said holder body which fixes said holder body and said adjustment member to each other at said adjusted angle and provides a load-bearing connection there between; and a manhole support member carried on an upper end of said adjustment member, said support member including a body a portion of which is sized to be received within said through bore of said adjustment member, and which includes an upper surface adapted to carry a manhole cover, said support member having a through bore co-axial with said through bore of said adjustment member.