Mounting pedestal for utilities

Claim 2

to said post..]..]..Baddend. .Badd..[..[.22. The post as defined in claim 21 and including a ground wire having one end mounted to said power box and extending along said post with the other end mounted to a grounding

Claim 3

means..]..]..Baddend. .Badd..[..[.23. The post as defined in claim 21 and

Claim 4

including a telephone box mounted to said post..]..]..Baddend. .Badd.24. The assembly as defined in claim 7 and including a gas meter mounted to said post below said bracket, said gas meter being electrically

Claim 5

grounded to said post. .Baddend. .Badd.25. The assembly as defined in claim 7 and including a telephone box and a television jack mounted to said post, said telephone box being grounded to said post. .Baddend.

Claim 6

.Badd.6. The assembly as defined in claim 10 and including a heating fuel metering means mounted to said post below said bracket, said heating fuel metering means being electrically grounded to said post. .Baddend.

Claim 7

.Badd. . The assembly as defined in claim 10 including a telephone service box mounted to said post and telephone service wires carried within said post and connected to said telephone service box, said telephone service box being electrically grounded to said post. .Baddend.

Claim 8

.Badd.28. An elongated hollow, metal post mounted in an upright position with one end below ground, an electrical meter and an electrical power box mounted at the upper end of said post in back-to-back relationship, electrical wires extending upwardly along said post from a point below ground and electrically connected to said meter, an electrical wire connected to and extending from said power box, a ground wire extending along said post with one end connected to said power box and an opposite end extending through the ground to a grounding means, and a gas meter mounted to said post, said electrical meter, said electrical power box, and said gas meter being electrically grounded to said metal post whereby said electrical meter, said electrical power box, and said gas meter are

Claim 9

all electrically grounded by said ground wire. .Baddend. .Badd.29. An elongated hollow, metal post mounted in an upright position with one end below ground, an electrical meter and an electrical power box mounted at the upper end of said post in back-to-relationship, electrical wires extending upwardly along said post from a point below ground and electrically connected to said meter, an electrical ground wire connected to and extending from said power box, and a gas meter mounted to said post, said electrical meter, said electrical power box, and said gas meter being electrically grounded to said metal post whereby said electrical meter, said electrical power box, and said gas meter are all electrically

Claim 10

grounded by said ground wire. .Baddend. .Badd.30. An elongated hollow, metal post mounted in an upright position with one end below ground, an electrical meter and an electrical power box mounted at the upper end of said post in back-to-back relationship, electrical wires extending upwardly along said post from a point below ground and electrically connected to said meter, an electrical ground wire connected to and extending from said power box, and a telephone box mounted to said post, said electrical meter, said electrical power box, and said telephone box

Claim 11

being electrically grounded to said post. .Baddend. .Badd.31. An elongated hollow, metal post mounted in an upright position with one end below ground, an electrical meter and an electrical power box mounted at the upper end of said post in back-to-back relationship, electrical wires extending upwardly along said post from a point below ground and electrically connected to said meter, an electrical ground wire connected to and extending from said power box, and a television jack mounted to said post, said electrical meter, said electrical power box, and said television jack being electrically grounded to said post. .Baddend.

Claim 12

.Badd. 2. An elongated hollow, metal post adapted to be partially embedded in the ground at an upright position; a bracket supported at the top of said post and an electrical meter and an electrical power box supported on said bracket, an electrical power wire and a ground wire, said meter and said box having means thereon for securing said electrical power wire and said ground wire thereto; said post having an aperture formed therein which would be below ground when the post is embedded in the ground for receiving one of said wires thereto and a passageway formed therein substantially parallel to the axis of elongation of said post and communicating with said aperture for communicating a wire from said aperture to said meter and box, said post including a wall extending substantially parallel to the axis of elongation of said post for separating said power wire from said ground wire when said wires are connected to said meter and box; and including a gas meter secured to said post, said gas meter being

Claim 13

electrically grounded to said post. .Baddend. .Badd.33. An elongated metal post mounted in an upright position, an electrical meter and an electrical power box mounted on the upper end of said post on opposite sides thereof, a heating fuel metering means mounted to said post below said electrical meter and said electrical power box, and a ground wire having one end mounted to said power box and extending along said post with the other end mounted to a grounding means, said electrical meter, said electrical power box, and said heating fuel metering means being electrically grounded to said metal post whereby said electrical meter, said electrical power box, and said heating fuel metering means are all electrically grounded by said

Claim 14

ground wire. .Baddend. .Badd.34. The assembly as defined in claim 33 and including a telephone box mounted to said post, said telephone box being

Claim 15

electrically grounded to said post. .Baddend. .Badd.35. An elongated metal post mounted in an upright position, an electrical meter and an electrical power box mounted to said post, electrical wires extending upwardly along said post and electrically connected to said meter, an electrical wire connected to and extending from said power box, and a heating fuel metering means mounted to said post, and a ground wire having one end mounted to said power box and extending along said post with the other end mounted to a grounding means, said electrical meter, said electrical power box, and said heating fuel metering means being electrically grounded to said metal post whereby said electrical meter, said electrical power box, and said heating fuel metering means are all electrically grounded by said

Claim 16

ground wire. .Baddend. .Badd.36. An elongated metal post mounted in an upright position, an electrical meter and an electrical power box mounted to said post, electrical wires extending upwardly along said post and electrically connected to said meter, an electrical wire connected to and extending from said power box, a heating fuel metering means mounted to said post, a telephone box mounted to said post, and a ground wire having one end mounted to said power box and extending along said post with the other end mounted to a grounding means, said electrical meter, said electrical power box, said heating fuel metering means, and said telephone box being electrically grounded to said post whereby said electrical meter, said electrical power box, said heating fuel metering means, and said telephone box are all electrically grounded by said ground wire. .Baddend.