Patent ID: 7950702

Claim:
An assembly adapted to receive a gate drop rod of a gate to secure a gate in a desired position, comprising: an underground canister having an open bottom and an open top; a cover disposed over the top of the canister and having pipe openings defined therethrough, each of the openings having a different diameter; drop rod pipes, each pipe being installed within a respective pipe opening in the cover, each drop rod pipe extending above the cover and having a top open end defining guide means exposed to the outside and a bottom open end, the ends defining a drop rod passage, wherein the passages of each drop rod pipe is different from one another; and caps, each cap having a respective diameter that corresponds to a respective opening on the cover, wherein, when one of the openings receive a respective drop rod pipe, the other openings are closed by a respective cap, wherein, when the gate rod is received within the passage, the assembly will hold the gate in a desired position.