Borehole condition monitors

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Description

FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional front view of a borehole condition monitor in an inactivated condition incorporating the design of our invention;

FIG. 2 is a three-dimensional front view of a borehole condition monitor in an activated condition incorporating the design of our invention;

FIG. 3 is three-dimensional rear view of the borehole condition monitor of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the borehole condition monitor of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the borehole condition monitor of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is bottom view of the borehole condition monitor of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a left side view of the borehole condition monitor of FIG. 2, the right side of the borehole condition monitor corresponding to the left side of the borehole condition monitor; and,

FIG. 8 is a rear view of the borehole condition monitor of FIG. 2.

The design is for a borehole condition monitor. The monitor has an elongate body with an obliquely truncated end, allowing the body to be pegged into the ground in the vicinity of a borehole drilled for blasting. A warning light is provided on a front face of the body. The warning light is activated by an activation tab which projects from an elongate transverse slot when the monitor is in an inactivated condition.

The broken line showing of structural features is included for the purpose of illustrating non-claimed subject matter and forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for borehole condition monitors, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
4463986 August 7, 1984 Sodder et al.
4581712 April 8, 1986 Perry et al.
D348616 July 12, 1994 Apigian et al.
5524523 June 11, 1996 Lubbe et al.
20110006585 January 13, 2011 Holdcroft et al.
Patent History
Patent number: D644948
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 24, 2010
Date of Patent: Sep 13, 2011
Assignee: African Explosives Limited (Woodmead)
Inventors: Pieter Etienne Dreyer (Scottburg), Robert James Holdcroft (Johannesburg), Neville Robert Marillier (Germiston), Laurence Justin Pienaar Wilson (Midrand)
Primary Examiner: Antoine D Davis
Attorney: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP
Application Number: 29/364,538
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Pressure Gauge (D10/85)