Tether restraint apparatus and method
AssigneeWalkNStake, Incorporated
InventorTimothy J. Moran
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Abstract
A tether restraint apparatus may include two folding members, pivotally connected, a tether attachment and two stakes, wherein each folding member may have one of the two stakes pivotally connected and stowable within, and where the stakes may be pivoted outside of the folding members for deployment. The two folding members are operable to be folded together with each folding member having one of the two stakes stowed within, and are further operable to be unfolded to deploy the two stakes by pivoting each of the two stakes outwardly from within the two folding members.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- two folding members, pivotally connected and having a tether attachment;
- and
- two stakes, wherein each folding member has one of said two stakes pivotally connected and stowable within, and operable to be pivoted outside of said each folding member to extend in a direction opposite the tether attachment, wherein the two folding members are operable to be folded together with each folding member having one of said two stakes within, and wherein the two folding members are further operable to be unfolded to deploy the two stakes by pivoting each of said two stakes outwardly from within said two folding members to extend in a direction opposite the tether attachment.
A method of operating a tether restraint apparatus, the method comprising:
- unfolding two folding members;
- pivoting a first and second stake outwardly from each of said two folding members;
- and
- applying a downward pushing force upon said two folding members to push said first and second stake into the ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.