Patent ID: 9022439
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B23P,E02D,H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A security cover apparatus, which is securable using a lock, for an access opening in a ground box that has side walls and a bottom that opens to the earth, comprising: a frame that substantially conforms to the shape of the access opening in the ground box, said frame having a frame opening for access to the interior of the ground box, said frame having a lock receiver fixed thereto, and said frame having a first leg attachment means disposed thereon; a first leg for supporting said frame at a position fixed with respect to the access opening, said leg having a base flange at a lower end for engaging the bottom of the ground box side walls, and said leg having a frame mount means adapted to engage said leg attachment means, and wherein said frame mount means and said leg attachment means can be selectively engaged to either a flexible connection suitable for insertion of said frame and said first leg into the ground box as a unit, and a fixed connection wherein said frame is fixed in location with respect to the access opening while said base flange engages the bottom of the side walls; a rigid cover configured to substantially cover said frame opening, and having a frame engaging member fixed thereto for removeably engaging said frame and retaining said rigid cover to said frame; a lock recess formed into said rigid cover and having a lock insertion port though said rigid cover, said lock recess continuing into a lock shroud that aligns with said lock receiver when said rigid cover is disposed on said frame opening, and wherein said lock receiver is accessible through said lock shroud while said rigid cover is engaged with said frame, and wherein said lock can be inserted through said lock recess and said lock shroud to engaged said lock receiver such that the lock interferes with movement of said lock shroud to prevent removal of said rigid cover from said frame, and thereby secures the interior of the ground box.