Bracket Attached to a Stainless Steel Anchor For a Compression-Molded Composite Manhole Cover

Abstract

A custom U-Bracket bolted into a threaded, fastening stainless steel expanding anchor affixed to molded-in attachment holes on a compression-molded, thermoset composite manhole cover to attach, house and protect a sensor, transmitter, and battery pack completely surrounded by the composite cover’s structurally reinforcing ribs.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A manhole cover assembly, comprising:
 a compression-molded, thermoset composite manhole cover having a top and a bottom, the bottom having a plurality of structurally reinforcing ribs;   a U-Bracket bolted into a threaded stainless steel expanding anchor;   the U-Bracket affixed to at least one molded-in attachment hole in the bottom of the manhole cover;   the U-Bracket attaches, houses and protects an electronics system comprising a sensor, a transmitter, and a battery pack, and having a manhole-mounting surface, sides, and a manhole-opposed side; and   the electronics system being completely surrounded on its sides by the reinforcing ribs.