Patent ID: 8672587
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: E02D

Abstract:
1. A pile guide for supporting a pile as it is driven into a substrate, comprising: a base frame having a planar substrate-engaging surface; and a pile guide member configured to guide a pile in a predetermined direction therethrough as it is driven into a substrate, the pile guide member being mounted on the base frame via a plurality of support members extending therebetween; wherein at least one of the plurality of support members has an adjustable length, with length adjustment of the or each support member enabling the predetermined direction to be varied relative to the planar substrate-engaging surface of the base frame, with the or each adjustable-length support member comprising a joint assembly having a first part coupled to the base frame and a second part, rotatable relative to the first part, coupled to the pile guide member, with one part comprising an at least partially spherical member with an elongate member extending therefrom, and the other part comprising a housing in which the at least partially spherical member is rotatably mounted.