Ground anchor providing minimal ground disturbance
AssigneeR U Grounded Energy Inc.
InventorsTerry D. Mundle, Jairus Krahn
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Abstract
A ground anchor includes a body having an upper surface and a lower surface; ground-piercing members depending from the lower surface of the body, with the ground-piercing members being adapted to engage an underlying ground surface and prevent movement of the body along such ground surface; ballast positioned on or in the body, with the ballast being sufficient to maintain the ground-piercing members engaged with the ground surface when under load; and means for securing an anchor line to the body. Ground-engaging means such as a ground-engaging blade member or flanges may be attached to the ground-piercing members to increase the surface area perpendicular to the line of force to provide additional resistance to movement.
Claims11
A ground anchor comprising:
- (a) a body having an upper surface and a lower surface;
- (b) a row of ground-piercing members rigidly fixed to and depending from the lower surface of the body;
- (c) a ground-engaging blade member attached to and oriented transversely relative to the ground-piercing members;
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- (d) means for securing an anchor line to the body;
- wherein the ground-piercing members have an orientation relative to the ground-engaging blade member such that the resistance provided by the ground-piercing members to a given horizontal force component acting on the body in a first direction perpendicular to the blade member is greater than the resistance provided by the ground-piercing members to the same horizontal force component acting on the body in a second direction opposite to said first direction.
A ground anchor comprising:
- (a) a body having an upper surface and a lower surface;
- (b) a plurality of ground-piercing members in the form of a row of teeth rigidly fixed to and depending from the lower surface of the body;
- (c) a ground-engaging blade member attached to and oriented transversely relative to the teeth;
- (d) ballast positioned on or in the body;
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- (e) means for securing an anchor line to the body;
- wherein the teeth have an orientation relative to the ground-engaging blade member such that the resistance provided by the teeth to a given horizontal force component acting on the body in a first direction perpendicular to the blade member is greater than the resistance provided by the teeth to the same horizontal force component acting on the body in a second direction opposite to said first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.