Mobile home telephone stake

Claim 1

A mobile home telephone stake used with an underground telephone cable, the end of the cable received in a junction box mounted on the stake, an additional telephone cable is attached to the junction box and received in the mobile home for providing telephone service thereto, the telephone stake comprising: an elongated metal post having a first side portion and a second side portion, said side portions intersecting, forming a "V" shaped cross section, said side portions having outwardly extending edges, said post having an upper end portion, a center portion, and a lower end portion, said lower end portion having a pointed end for inserting said post in the ground surface; a flat mounting plate, the back of said plate attached to the outwardly extending edges of said first and second side portions of said post, said plate disposed below the top of the upper end portion of said post, the sides of said plates extending outwardly from the first and second side portions of said post, said mounting plate including a plurality of sets of apertures in a spaced relationship thereon, each of said sets of apertures threadably receiving mounting fasteners of a particular make of junction box; a flat washer attached to the top of the upper end portion of said post and extending outwardly therefom, said washer used for striking the upper end portion of the telephone stake and driving the stake into the ground surface; and flexible ties secured around the exterior of said first and second side portions of said post for holding the underground telephone cable against the interior sides of said first and second side portions of said post.