US 12,291,822 B2
Curb power source
Vivian Kuan, New York, NY (US); Mitchell Joachim, New York, NY (US); and Axel Kilian, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Terreform ONE, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed by Terreform ONE, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Axel Kilian, Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/578,165.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/139,151, filed on Jan. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0228324 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H02G 9/10 (2006.01); E01C 11/22 (2006.01)
CPC E01C 11/223 (2013.01) [H02G 9/10 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A curb for providing electricity to one or more devices on a street or a sidewalk, the curb comprising:
a rigid curb housing for storing at least one power source or power source connector configured to be electrically coupled to a power source; and
a top plate removably attached to the rigid curb housing, the top plate comprising:
a top portion comprising at least one power outlet, wherein the top portion has a width and a length; and
a protruding portion on an opposite side of the top plate from the top portion, wherein the protruding portion is configured to electrically couple the at least one power outlet of the top portion to the at least one power source or power source connector and the protruding portion is configured to fit within an aperture of the rigid curb housing,
wherein the width of the top portion is greater than a width of the aperture of the rigid curb housing and the length of the top portion is greater than a length of the aperture of the rigid curb housing such that the top portion encloses the rigid curb housing.