Ground anchor assembly including high-load ground anchor and method of using same
AssigneeWestern Excelsior, LLC
InventorChad Lipscomb
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Abstract
A ground anchor assembly including high-load ground anchor and method of using same is disclosed. For example, the presently disclosed high-load ground anchor assembly may include a load-bearing top cap tethered to the ground anchor via a cable tendon. In some embodiments, the ground anchor may include a substantially cylindrical body that has a tapered piercing end and a flat driving end and wherein the flat driving end has a central driving hole. Additionally, the high-load ground anchor may include a pair of outwardly extending side wings along one side of the body and a raised securing portion on the side of body opposite the side wings. Further, a method of installing the presently disclosed ground anchor assembly including the high-load ground anchor is provided.
Claims56
A ground anchor assembly comprising:
- a top cap including a cable grip portion with a cable grip mechanism installed therein, wherein the cable grip portion is a compartment or housing extending to one side of the top cap and perpendicular to a plane of the top cap, including at least one ball bearing disposed within the compartment or housing, and
- wherein the top cap comprises a load-bearing face plate that has an arrangement of openings that allow vegetation to grow through top cap and a sloped transition portion leading to the cable grip portion;
- a ground anchor formed from a cylindrical body with a tapered piercing end and a flat driving end;
- and,
- a cable tendon tethered between the cable grip portion of the top cap and the ground anchor,
- wherein the cable grip mechanism comprises a spring, a spring cap comprising a cable exit opening, a wedge component comprising a cable entrance opening, the at least one ball bearing located at the end of the spring on a same side as the cable entrance opening of the wedged component and a release pin opening located near the ball bearing, and,
- wherein the spring cap is octagonal shaped and is provided with screws for tightening onto the cable tendon to fix the cable to the top cap.
A ground anchor assembly comprising:
- a top cap including a cable grip portion, wherein the cable grip portion is a compartment or housing extending to one side of the top cap and perpendicular to a plane of the top cap, including at least one ball bearing disposed within the compartment or housing, wherein the top cap comprises a crush ridge and wherein the crush ridge follows around an outside circumference of a spring cap of the cable grip portion;
- a ground anchor formed from a cylindrical body with a tapered piercing end and a flat driving end;
- and,
- a cable tendon tethered between the cable grip portion of the top cap and the ground anchor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.