A manhole cover and a manhole management system are provided. A manhole cover according to one embodiment includes: a cover body; an electronic unit including at least one sensing unit configured to sense information inside a manhole and at least one communication module configured to transmit information which is obtained through the sensing unit to the outside, and embedded in the cover body; a battery providing driving power to the electronic unit; and a wireless power reception antenna embedded in the cover body to receive wireless power supplied from the outside and provide the wireless power to the battery.

A soffit vent for providing access to an interior space above a soffit via an opening in the soffit. The soffit vent includes a panel for covering the opening; and a panel retention mechanism for reversibly holding the panel in place over the opening. A method for installing the soffit vent is also included, as well as a kit for installing and/or retrofitting a soffit vent on a soffit.

A manhole includes a device for safely closing and locking the manhole, which has a cylinder with centering pins that is attached to a slab and is rotatable with an operating key acting on the pins, and further includes an anti-burglary block, which in locked position is positioned inside the cylinder and hides and protects an anti-theft bolt positioned inside a hole, which crosses the entire anti-burglary block and has a larger diameter at the front and the same diameter as the anti-theft bolt in the back, so as to receive the anti-theft bolt in a threaded spot in the inner wall of the cylinder and enable placement of the anti-theft bolt in the body of the anti-burglary block when totally tightened into the threaded spot, wherein the end of the anti-theft bolt, in closed position, is housed in a locking hole on a circular support of the cover.

A shielded locking system for securely closing a lid on an enclosure, such as a grade level utility vault, including an L-bolt connected to a spring-biased slide member positioned on the underside of the lid that rotates in a slotted housing that securely retains the L-bolt under the lid, the slide member engaging an abutment on the inside of the enclosure when the lid is forced down over an opening in the enclosure by downward force on the lid which progressively causes the latch to retract against the spring-bias from contact with the abutment and then snaps the latch into a spring-biased locking position under the abutment, and a non-conductive cover positioned over and connected to the locking system to shield the L-bolt from electrical conductivity from within the enclosure.

A chain support mechanism for use with an openable frame component and a method of using such a chain support is provided, where a chain actuator is provided in a housing, the chain actuator including a push-pull chain which chain can bend in one direction only, the housing mounted with its longitudinal extent along one frame component with the chain attached to the openable frame component where the chain actuator may be manipulated to extend or withdraw the chain from the housing, thereby moving the openable frame component, and where the chain support mechanism includes a first arm pivotably fastened to the housing and a second arm pivotably fastened to the openable frame component, where the distal end of the first arm and the distal end of the second arm are pivotably connected by a sliding member, against which sliding member the chain may slide.

An exterior elevated assembly with a walking surface is described which has features for facilitating inspection of the interior support frame of the assembly. The assembly includes a support frame for the walking surface, which defines an interior space and a soffit covering an underside of the support frame. The soffit provided with an opening. A vent panel is provided for covering the opening and a vent panel retention mechanism is provided for reversibly holding the vent panel in place over the opening. Methods and kits for installing a vent panel in a soffit of an exterior elevated assembly with a walking surface are also described.