US931568A - Socket-post for supporting croquet-arches. - Google Patents

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H. B. COLLIER. l SOCKET POST POR SUPPORTING GROQUET ARCHES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1908.

Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

- UNITED sTATEs PATENT v tion, in which similar characters of referencel I indicate corresponding partsfin all the views. l

lcitizen of the United States, and,

,viewof a croquet arch havin oEEIoE.

HENRY RURGEss COLLIER,j or PRAIRIEGROVE, ARKANSAS.

socKET-ros'r FOR sUrrp'RTING cRoouET-ARCHES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Y

Patented Aug. 17, i909.

AppIication filed November 6,- .19981 ,Serial N o. l$1,307.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY' B COLL1ER, a iaresident of Prairie Grove, in the-county of Washington and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and Improved Socket-Post for Support-ing Croquet-Arches, oflwhich thefollowing is a full, clear, and exactdescriptioni.

The purpose of my invention i's-to provide novel details of construction for a socket post, which adapt it -in pairs 4for 'a' 'secure embednrent inthe ground at suitable vpoints in upright positions, and for'the convenient insertion of thev limbs of a croquet arch thereinto, and thus. aord stable support to the arch vin a vertical plane andpermit the removal of said arch as may be desired.

The invention consists inthe novel construction and combination of parts, as ,is hereinafter described and dened in; the appended. claims. u 5 Reference is to vbe had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specifica- Figure l is aside view of va'fpair of the improved socket posts, embedded in the ground in parallel vertical planes, and alike -its limbs inserted down into the sockets o the posts and thereby supported vertically for use;-Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionalview of the improved 'socket post; and Fig.` 3 is a perspective view of a modiiedform ofthe improved post, brokenaway forI exposure .of the interiordetails of construction.

The body 5 of the socket post in its preferred form, as shownv in'Flgs. 1 and 2, is mainly cylindrical, of suitable dimensions and preferably constructed of hard wood.' The upper'end of the post is givenl semicylindrical form, as appears at a and at the.

nated base plate 8 isfsecured upon the at The arch 7, as usual, is formed of-resilient Vwire bent into form, either as shown 41n Flg.

bottoni .wall of the post 5, thus-completing l, or it may be given a true semicircular shape that. is a Well known form the eof, either shape affording two spaced parallel limbs 7 a for the arch orwicket. Two

Pests of the improved form are provided foreach .archi 7, and are at a proper location embedded in the ground so as'` to leave `their upper ronnded'ends a .projecting above the Tipper surface-of the soil. Thel posts are spaced apart parallel with each' other andA Y in the same lvertical plane, thevdistance' between their axial centers being the same'as that between the limbs "l"l of an arch 7 thus permitting the limbs to be pressed down into the tubular linings 6 until they impinge upon the base plate 8. It will be noted that with theN formdgiventhe-upper ends of -the pair o'f socket posts, the croquet balls will not come 1n contact with the Aposts-butare permitted to impinge uplon either limb7el when driven` with a ma et by the player, which isfoften quite' essential to give a de-A sired deflection to the'ball during the course of agame. 1 1

The provision of the tubular lining 6 for the borein the post 5, is of advantage as a vmeans of protection for tlie wall of .the bore, f

as it vprevents the limbs 7a from wearing away the material and enlarging the bore so that'the arch would vbe loose and thus ren- ,By forming a chamber c at the lower end' of the post 5, V,

dered defective in service.

a receptacle for dirt that may have entered the tubular lining ,wall 6, is afforded, so that-- the latter is at all times in proper conditionI for the reception' of the limbs ofan arch 7. The circular flange b on the body` of a post 5 provides .an'increased area for the bottom of the post, and when earth is tamped over said flange the postwill be held erect, and the pair of posts maythus be spaced apart in vertical planes before the earth is lled into the excavations and tamped around the bodies of the posts. f

In Fig. 3 a modied. form of the post is shown that cheapens its construction. In ,this example of my improved socket posts, the/body 9 thereof is rendered angular hav-v4 ing ,four' sides and angles. g.

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:on the lower end thereof, and further vided 'with a chamber at its lower end om Vshown at 9, time adapting it for driven insertion into the soil. -Centrallyin the fiat upper end ol tbe body 9, a perforation h is formed that extends to a suitable depth, and the bottom of said perforation, va branch or lateral perforation is formed that permits the expulsion or" dirt from the axial bore ZL when a limb on an arch for a croquet lay out7 isinserted therein.

`'i'.he modified form of socket post is cheaper to construct, and is available for use when the Ground will. permit the same tov be driven tullereinto a proper depth without injury., and said post'may be formedof hard wood or metai as may be preferred.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and. desire to secure by Letters' Patent: l y

l. A socket post having an axial bore, an outlet at the bottom of the bore, a oraininated plate covering the outlet, and a tubular lining in said bore.

2. A socket post, having a lcylindrical body roundedat thenormaliy upper end, a flange ro- 4which extends an axial bore through the upper end, and a tubular iining insertedv through the axial bore and held in. place by ojutwardly-turned {ianges that bear on theJ circular flange at the lower end, and also having an axial bore, a tubular linin lin said bore,Q a chamber at the lower end o the body, intersected by the tubular lining, and

a perforated base plate on the lower endof the post.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the. presence of two subscribing witnesses. l t' A' HENRY BURGESS. COLLIER. `llVitnesses:

J. H. BREYWSTER,

E. F.,BAIN.

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