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US 11,499,286 B1Granted
Portable foundation and anchor
OwnerLawrence Eugene Warford, Nicholas J Vizzareinventors
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Abstract
Anchor pads are a portable foundation to support the weight of a portable structure. Anchor pads also anchor to the ground to withstand wind loads or other vertical loads on the portable structure. Anchor pads can be stacked to form larger portable foundations to support more weight or larger structures.
Claims16
A portable footing comprising:
- a first anchor pad configured to react downward weight loads of a structure and upward wind loads on a structure, the first anchor pad comprising:
- a center section and an outer section extending around the center section, the center section comprising at least one foot attachment aperture configured to attach to a structures;
- a first side and an opposite second side;
- the center section at the first side of the first anchor pad being substantially flat and absent pockets;
- the center section at the second side of the first anchor pad comprising a plurality of ribs and pockets;
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- the outer section at the first side of the first anchor pad comprising a plurality of ribs and pockets;
- and
- the outer section at the second side of the first anchor pad is substantially flat and absent pockets, and configured to provide a continuous surface for reacting a compression load onto a support surface.
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A method for securing a portable structure comprising:
- attaching a first anchor pad to a portable structure through a foot attachment aperture in the first anchor pad, and
- coupling the first anchor pad to a ground through an aperture in the first anchor pad,
- wherein the first anchor pad comprises a plurality of corners and the aperture in the first anchor pad is a corner stake aperture nested in each corner of the first anchor pad and configured to receive a corner stake having two flanges at a right angle,
- wherein the first anchor pad further comprises:
- a center section and an outer section extending around the center section, the center section comprising the foot attachment aperture;
- a first side and an opposite second side;
- the center section at the first side of the first anchor pad being substantially flat and absent pockets,
- the center section at the second side of the first anchor pad comprising a plurality of ribs and pockets;
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- the outer section at the first side of the first anchor pad comprising a plurality of ribs and pockets,
- wherein the outer section at the second side of the first anchor pad is substantially flat and absent pockets, and configured to provide a continuous surface for reacting a compression load into the ground.
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