Patent ID: 8847070

Claim:
A grade level enclosure conversion assembly adapted for converting a pedestal assembly between a flush-to-grade and an above-ground installation, the pedestal assembly comprising a pedestal housing and a base secured to the pedestal housing and removably mounted to a rotatable swing-arm contained in a grade level box, the swing-arm holding the pedestal assembly in a stationary stored position in the flush-to-grade installation, the pedestal assembly adapted for conversion to the above-ground pedestal installation by rotation of the swing arm to a raised position from which the pedestal assembly can be removed from the swing-arm and fed through an access opening in a separate cover plate lid, the base of the pedestal housing including a plug adapted for removable positioning in the access opening in the cover plate lid to hold the pedestal assembly in the above-ground position when the cover plate lid is positioned atop the grade level box.