Patent ID: 7972026

Claim:
A pole base cover housing comprising: a first housing portion having a mating edge and a second housing portion having a mating edge, the first and second housing portions configured and arranged to fit to one another along their mating edges; the first housing portion defining a portion of a pole aperture and the second housing portion defining a portion of a pole aperture such that when the first and second housing portions are fitted to one another along their mating edges, the first and second housing portions define at least a portion of a pole aperture; the first housing portion further comprising a tab located a predetermined distance inward from the mating edge of the first housing portion, the tab extending from the first housing portion to define a proximate end and a distal end, the tab comprising a depression proximate to the distal end; and the second housing portion comprising a tongue extending from the mating edge of the second housing portion, the tongue defining a hole located approximately the predetermined distance from the mating edge of the second housing portion; wherein the tab depression and hole are configured to form a snap fit connection, when engaged, to hold the first and second housing portions together.