Anchor apparatus, assemblies and methods
AssigneeStealth Anchors, L.L.C.
InventorsRussell J. Howard, John C. Fore
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An apparatus including a ground anchor having an elongated member which has a chisel-shaped, substantially straight front end portion and which also has at least two flanges extending outwardly from the elongated member along an imaginary longitudinal axis of the elongated member. The flanges include two wing-like flanges disposed in the same imaginary plane. Assemblies and methods for anchoring a structure to the ground using the apparatus are also disclosed.
Claims26
An apparatus comprising a ground anchor comprising an elongated member comprising a chisel-shaped, substantially straight front end portion and at least two flanges extending outwardly from the elongated member and along an imaginary longitudinal axis of the elongated member.
An assembly for anchoring a structure which comprises:
- A) a ground anchor for disposal below a ground surface;
- B) a tether structure for adjusting the position of the ground anchor below the ground surface which tether structure is attached to the ground anchor;
- and
- C) a stabilizing body sized and configured to cooperate with the tether structure which stabilizing body is partially disposed below the ground surface when the ground anchor is in use.
A method for anchoring a framed structure to the ground, which method comprises:
- driving a ground anchor into the ground which ground anchor has a first end of a threaded shaft of a tether structure attached thereto;
- attaching a stabilizing body to a second end of the threaded shaft;
- biasing the stabilizing body toward the ground anchor so as to provide tension along the threaded shaft and to urge the stabilizing body into the ground;
- and
- securing the stabilizing body to the framed structure so as to inhibit lateral and vertical movement of the framed structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.