US 12,292,321 B2
Meter box having adjustable length meter couplings
Robert W. Huddleston, Twelve Mile, IN (US)
Assigned to The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc., Wabash, IN (US)
Filed by The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc., Wabash, IN (US)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/581,080.
Application 18/581,080 is a continuation of application No. 18/182,712, filed on Mar. 13, 2023, granted, now 11,906,341.
Application 18/182,712 is a continuation of application No. 17/317,237, filed on May 11, 2021, granted, now 11,609,112, issued on Mar. 21, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/079,578, filed on Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/023,399, filed on May 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0192042 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01F 15/18 (2006.01); F16K 27/06 (2006.01); G01F 15/00 (2006.01); G01F 15/14 (2006.01)
CPC G01F 15/185 (2013.01) [F16K 27/067 (2013.01); G01F 15/005 (2013.01); G01F 15/14 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An extendable coupling comprising:
a body;
a telescoping tube that is selectively extendable from and retractable towards the body;
wherein the telescoping tube is movable linearly within a passageway in the body;
a ring located about an inner periphery of the passageway in the body; and
a lip located about an outer periphery of the telescoping tube so the ring is engageable with the lip of the telescoping tube at a predetermined amount of extension from the body to limit an extent to which the telescoping tube extends from the body.