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US 4,492,493 AGranted
Pipeline anchor hook
OwnerBrian C. Webbinventor
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Abstract
A ground anchor includes a saddle to receive and support buried pipe and having an anchor rod that will bend from upward forces acting on the pipe yet still retaining the pipe in the ground.
Claims7
A ground held anchor to restrain upward movement of buried or submerged pipeline or other articles comprising:
- a sleeve;
- an arcuate saddle one end of which is attached to said sleeve and extending outward thereof, said saddle of interior configuration to fit over said pipeline or article;
- a saddle structural support means attached to said sleeve and extending outwardly therefrom, said support means attached to the exterior of said saddle to prevent bending of said saddle from said upward movement of said pipeline.
- an anchor rod rotatably supported within said sleeve, said rod having at least one ground engaging fluke, said rod being bendable, before disengagement of said anchor rod and fluke, from the ground, at a point along its length just below said sleeve due to said upward movement.
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