Structural post and beam connection device with friction release bracket

A post anchoring support device for anchoring an end of a support post of a deck or similar construction to the ground, the post anchoring support device comprising:

• a ground anchor having a shaft with a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion having an externally threaded portion and terminating in an upper end having at least one planar vertical wall for enabling the upper end to being engaged and rotated by a drive tool for rotating the shaft about a vertical axis, the lower portion having a lower end for insertion into the ground and at least one helical blade circumscribing the shaft above the lower end for boring the lower portion into the ground as the shaft is rotated about the vertical axis;
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• a post receiving bracket having a base with a vertically oriented internally threaded portion adapted to receive the externally threaded portion of the shaft, a support portion defining a support surface for abutting the end of the post, the support surface being located vertically on the receiving bracket to be above the upper end of the shaft when the internally threaded portion is mated to the external threaded portion, at least two vertical planar walls extending above the support surface, each planar wall having an inside surface for abutting a vertical side of the post and an outside surface, and each planar wall defining a plurality of vertically oriented elongate holes and having a raised portion on the outside surface adjacent each elongate hole adapted to abut a lower surface of a head of a fastener passing through the elongate hole and into the post to allow the fastener to travel within the elongate hole upon the application of a vertical force to the post anchoring support device sufficient to overcome a coefficient of friction between the head of the fastener and the raised portion.