Abstract: An apparatus for preventing a gas meter from settling when fill dirt surrounding a plastic gas line settles with time including a rigid protective sleeve, positioned in surrounding relation to the plastic gas pipe line. A support rod is provided which has one end resting upon a footer of the building. The other end of the support rod is secured to an upper end of the protective sleeve. At the bottom of the protective sleeve, a break-away pipe support fixture is secured to the protective sleeve. The support fixture extends away from the protective sleeve and is positioned to releasably hold a looped slack portion of the plastic gas supply line before the supply line extends into the protective sleeve.

Abstract: The present invention provides an attachment for a vehicular leaf spring suspension system which redistributes the load on the vehicle to provide a level vehicle. The present invention, in one embodiment provides shoe members mounted on body members attached to the vehicle frame adjacent the leaf spring suspension systems. The shoe members are mounted on the body members on an eccentric axis to be pivotable relative to the body members.The shoe members are held in a non-engaging position when the vehicle is not to undergo overloading. When heavy loading is to occur, the shoe members are pivoted to an engaging position near the upper surface of the leaf springs. Abutment portions on the shoe members contact the leaf springs in a position normal to the planar surface of the leaf springs at the point of engagement.