US 12,116,780 B2
Post sleeve assembly
N. Eric Knudsen, Maple Valley, WA (US)
Filed by N. Eric Knudsen, Maple Valley, WA (US)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/994,275.
Application 16/994,275 is a continuation of application No. 12/727,063, filed on Mar. 18, 2010, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/161,327, filed on Mar. 18, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2021/0207376 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. E04C 3/00 (2006.01); B28B 7/30 (2006.01); E01F 9/623 (2016.01); E01F 9/627 (2016.01); E02D 5/22 (2006.01); E02D 5/26 (2006.01); E02D 27/42 (2006.01); E04H 12/22 (2006.01); G09F 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC E04C 3/00 (2013.01) [B28B 7/306 (2013.01); E01F 9/623 (2016.02); E01F 9/629 (2016.02); E02D 5/226 (2013.01); E02D 5/26 (2013.01); E02D 27/42 (2013.01); E04H 12/22 (2013.01); E04H 12/2269 (2013.01); G09F 2007/1804 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of forming a post sleeve to receive and support a post in the ground, the method comprising:
digging a post hole in the ground;
positioning a post sleeve core in a post sleeve top, the post sleeve top including a body of a rigid material, the body including a post aperture extending axially completely through the body such that the post can extend completely through the body and extend beyond a lower end of the body, the post aperture forming a top portion of the post receiving cavity, and the body having an engagement feature near the lower end of the body;
positioning the post sleeve core and the post sleeve top in the post hole;
pouring a hardenable material into the post hole;
allowing the hardenable material to harden to form a hardened base surrounding the post sleeve core;
removing the post sleeve core from the hardened base through the post aperture, leaving a bottom portion of a post receiving cavity in the hardened base, the bottom portion of the post receiving cavity immediately adjacent to and continuous with the post aperture, the hardened base engaging with the engagement feature of the post sleeve top to rigidly lock the post sleeve top to the hardened base with the post aperture aligned with the bottom portion of the post receiving cavity.