Patent ID: 7614819
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
1. A method of installing a post assembly, comprising the steps of: installing a sleeve member in ground, the sleeve member comprising a sleeve wall forming a sleeve cavity and a latch pin attached to the sleeve wall and extending into the sleeve cavity; positioning a second post member within a first post member such that a first section of a passage formed in a post wall of the second post member is generally aligned with a passage formed in a post wall of the first post member; inserting the first post member and the second post member into the sleeve cavity such that the latch pin travels through the passage of the first post member and the first section of the passage of the second post member; and rotating the second post member within the first post member such that the latch pin travels through a second section of the passage formed in the post wall of the second post member, the second section of the passage extending transverse to the first section; wherein separation of the first post member and the second post member from the sleeve member is inhibited when the latch pin is positioned within the second section of the passage formed in the post wall of the second post member.