Patent ID: 6749080
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: E03B,F16J,F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
An underground utility housing with a lid for access from above ground comprising:a housing formed with upstanding wall portions defining a cavity having an upper opening and a bottom opening, said upper opening being formed to support and receive a removable lid; the housing having utility piping inlet means in one of the upstanding wall portions through which the utility piping enters the housing and utility piping outlet means in another of the upstanding wall portions through which the utility piping exits the housing for servicing a facility; the utility piping inlet and outlet means comprising respective openings formed so as to extend from a bottom edge of the housing; and the utility piping inlet and outlet means each having flexible closure means for preventing dirt around an exterior of the housing from entering the inlet and outlet means into the cavity formed by the housing's upstanding wall portions, the closure means further being sufficiently flexible for sliding down over said utility piping entering and exiting the housing yet sufficiently resilient to prevent the dirt from entering the housing cavity.