Patent ID: 8267114

Claim:
A hydrant assembly comprising: an upper shell plate having a pedestal and an upper base plate, said upper base plate extending from said pedestal, said pedestal having a pair of screw holes formed therein, said upper base plate having a mating side formed at a front thereof; a lower shell plate assembled beneath said upper base plate of said upper shell plate, said lower shell plate having a pair of threading seats at a bottom thereof, said lower shell plate having an assembly side at a front end thereof; a positioning mechanism connecting said upper shell plate to said lower shell plate, said positioning mechanism comprising: a locking assembly having a flange and a receptacle engaged together, said locking assembly having a first portion on said mating side of said upper shell plate, said locking portion having a second portion on said assembly side of lower shell plate; and a pair of bolts respectively affixed to said pair of screw holes of said upper shell plate, said pair of bolts respectively extend through said pair of threading seats of said lower shell plate.