Patent ID: 7185461
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: E02D,E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A post comprising an inground footing, said inground footing including a socket member that is protected against deformation while being implanted into the ground by an outer sleeve, said socket member being substantially fully inserted into said outer sleeve, said outer sleeve having trailing and leading ends, said leading end being adapted to be forcibly driven into the ground in response to a driving face applied to said trailing end, said socket member being received within said outer sleeve with said leading end of said outer sleeve extending beyond said socket member so as to define a free space extending axially below said socket member for absorbing the shock in the event that an obstacle is encountered while said footing is being driven into the ground, thereby preventing the socket member from being damaged, an elongated post segment, and a connector axially inserted into said elongated post segment and said socket member for joining said post segment and said footing together in an end-to-end relationship, said connector having a lower end portion received into said socket member in said outer sleeve and an upper end portion extending axially above the socket member into the elongated post segment.