Hurricane protection system for personal belongings
OwnerBryan G. Steeleinventor
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Abstract
The hurricane protection system for personal belongings may comprise a net, a plurality of ground anchors, and a plurality of tethers. The hurricane protection system for personal belongings may be operable to secure items to the ground in preparation for a hurricane or other high-wind weather event. The net may be placed over the items and held in place by the plurality of tethers and the plurality of ground anchors. As non-limiting examples, the items may comprise lawn furniture, bicycles, motorcycles, children's toys, a swing set, outdoor tools, a grill, lawn mowers, an outdoor shed, a recreational vehicle, a mobile home, construction materials, athletic equipment, or any combination thereof.
Claims2
A hurricane protection system for securing personal items comprising:
- a net configured to cover and retain personal items, the net comprising:
- a plurality of longitudinal straps and a plurality of lateral straps interwoven such that the plurality of longitudinal straps alternately pass above and below the plurality of lateral straps to form a mesh structure, wherein individual longitudinal straps and individual lateral straps are at least one inch wide;
- a plurality of intersections between the plurality of longitudinal straps and the plurality of lateral straps, each intersection reinforced with a triple stitching comprising three concentric square stitches;
- a plurality of eyelets distributed around a periphery of the net on longitudinal edge straps and lateral edge straps of the net, each eyelet being a metal ring surrounding an aperture in the longitudinal edge straps and lateral edge straps and configured to facilitate attachment of the net to ground anchors via tethers;
- a plurality of ground anchors driven into the ground around the net to create points of restraint, each ground anchor comprising:
- a helical pier comprising at least one helix plate and a central shaft, wherein each helix plate is a disk split along a straight line from a center to an edge such that two outermost corners of the disk are pulled in opposite directions perpendicular to the disk to deform the disk into a helical shape for insertion into the ground, and wherein the helix plate is coupled to a bottom end of the central shaft;
- an attachment point located at a top of the central shaft and configured to connect to tethers;
- and,
- a sleeve configured to protect the central shaft from burial below ground level by separating the central shaft from soil, wherein a top of the sleeve is covered by a removable sleeve cap that is removable to provide access to the attachment point;
- a plurality of tethers detachably coupling the plurality of eyelets of the net to the attachment points of the plurality of ground anchors to hold the net down;
- and,
- a plurality of carabiners and a plurality of spring tensioners configured to couple the plurality of tethers to the net and to the plurality of ground anchors to facilitate adjustable attachment of the net to the plurality of ground anchors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.