Abstract: An anchor that is inserted into the soil on a beach to keep the stern of the boat near the shore when the bow is anchored in the water. The anchor has a rod with a handle on one end and a point on the other. A flat strip has two parallel right angle bends in the same direction that divide the strip into three parts. The end of the first part is narrow and centered on the strip. The second part, between the two bends, forms a platform that can be stepped on, even with bare feet, to insert the anchor into light soil. The third part, between the second bend and the second end, is parallel to the first part and with the first part provides high resistance to the pull of a rope perpendicular to the plane of the first part. The flat strip has a hole large enough and located so the rod can be placed through the hole with the point past the narrow end of and against the first part of the flat strip with the bend of the handle pointed away from the second end of the flat strip.

Abstract: The apparatus for anchoring a traction member comprises an anchoring body which is a molded piece with a transverse cross section small compared to its longitudinal cross section and an insertable guiding rod couplable detachably with the anchoring body and alignable longitudinally with the anchoring body. An attaching piece for the traction member is mounted laterally on the anchoring body with spacing from both ends of it. To provide an easier removal of an anchoring apparatus erroneously inserted in the ground the anchoring body is provided with a cutter like tapered front end and simultaneously on a rear end a sectioning for nonrotatable engagement with the insertable guiding rod. The attaching piece for the traction member is mounted between the center of gravity of the anchoring body and the cutter like tapered front end and comprises a shackle, a ring loop or a chain link engaged pivotally in a passage through the anchoring body.

Abstract: The invention provides a high performance anchorage device for any type of ground, which is easy to use with known driving-in or propulsion processes. It comprises a main rigid body having at least one leading end for driving into the ground, at least one articulated element pivotably connected to said main body, and at least one anchorage line connected to said main body by a flexible connection. It further comprises the following combination:(a) a cranked shape of said articulated element and(b) location of the center of gravity between the fastening point of said anchorage line and the articulation of said articulated element, said articulation and said fastening point being situated on each side of the driving in plane (.DELTA.).

Abstract: An earth anchor comprising an insertable shank portion and a locking means for securing the anchor in an earth formation has one or more locking members captively associated with the insertable shank portion, the one or more locking members being either tiltable or rotatable relative to the shank whereby the insertable portion is inserted into a borehole in an earth formation and upon tensioning of the shank the one or more locking members wedgingly engage with the wall of the borehole to anchor the device within the borehole. The device has particular application as a means for suspending utility conduits and the like against the wall or floor of an underground excavation.

Abstract: This invention relates to a cable anchoring device in the form of a stamped metal blade-like part having a generally straight lower section and a slightly curved upper section terminating at its upper end in a point. The curved section of the blade contains an elongate tool-receiving aperture, the lower end of which is shaped to accept a slotted driving tool while its upper end engages the shank of the tool and maintains the latter in substantial axial alignment with the straight section. An integrally-formed dimple with a cable-receiving hole in it is located on the outside of the blade just underneath the lower edge of its tool-receiving aperture through which the anchor cable passes onto the inside thereof. Immediately underneath the dimple, but on the inside of the blade is an integrally-formed downturned ear beneath which the cable is passed preparatory to being crimped in place.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved ground anchor. It comprises a drill bit, an anchor head to which a plurality of swingable arms are pivoted, a double thread nut, a connecting rod with an enlarged rear end, and a socket from which a plurality of steel rods extend rearwardly. It greatly facilitates the work of ground anchorage of a surface structure.

Abstract: A plate-like ground or earth anchor has a scoop-like channel formed in the leading end thereof, and an open topped socket formed in the trailing end thereof, laterally extending wings along the length thereof, and a raised cable anchor ridge directing dirt from the channel so that a cable or rod secured therein will be free to swing when it is tensioned to pull the plate from an upright driving position to a transverse horizontal locking position. The leading ends of the wings are beveled toward the channel to cooperate therewith for forming a chisel-like leading edge on the plate. The open top of the socket is inclined to provide an apex beyond the wings and a cutting edge merging into the rear ends of the wings which are also beveled to provide cutting edges. The plate is driven upright into the ground by an impact rod loosely fitted in the socket and as it cuts into the ground, it leaves a channel or groove for a cable or tension rod.

Abstract: A patient enclosure treatment center includes an outer room and an inner enclosure. The outer room is formed of a floor, a plurality of walls and a ceiling and is environmentally pleasant. The inner enclosure, positioned on the outer room floor, is free of furniture. The top of the inner enclosure is open to the environment of the outer room and is formed of a barrier and a padded floor within the periphery of said inner enclosure. The barrier extends vertically from the floor about the periphery of the inner enclosure, is padded on its interior surface, and is of sufficient height to protect a patient. The barrier further includes means for entering and exiting the inner enclosure and means for viewing the interior of said enclosure. The padded floor lies on top of the outer room floor and contacts the lower portion of the barrier. The inner enclosure must be of a size sufficient to allow a patient to move freely within the inner enclosure.

Abstract: An improved tower foundation is provided which is inexpensive to manufacture and when installed, serves to securely support a leg of power transmission towers and the like. The tower foundation hereof includes a screw-type earth anchor member having a tubular cavity at the uppermost end thereof. An elongated tower leg connector member is positioned and secured in the cavity of the installed anchor by an initially flowable, solidified material (preferably a sand/epoxy resin mixture). The tower leg connector member advantageously comprises a lowermost, tubular first portion and an uppermost, L-shaped in cross-section second, apertured connection portion, with the first and second portions having approximately coincidental centroidal axes.

Abstract: A post support and protector includes a pair of members having first portions for attachment to a post and second portion for anchoring within the earth.

Abstract: A temporary anchor for securing part of a structure to the earth includes a tension member made up of at least two complementary shaped parts forming a regular shaped exterior. One or more ribs are formed on the exterior peripheral surface of each part so that it can be engaged within a settable grout material when it is inserted into a borehole formed in the earth. A spacer member is positioned between facing surfaces of the tension member parts and holds them in spaced relation along the length of the parts within the borehole. The spacer member is removable from between the parts when they are anchored in a grout substance so that the parts can then be removed by exerting a pulling force on them.

Abstract: A disappearing anchor for mounting in a wooden surface, for example, a deck surrounding a swimming pool, is provided. In accordance with the invention, a collar member comprising an axial sleeve defining a central aperture and a radially extending flange is provided. The aperture accommodates the upper end of the cylindrical housing of the anchor device, and is mounted, for example by press-fitting, so that the upper surface of the radially extending flange is flush with the upper surface of the cylindrical housing. The anchor and fixed collar are then placed in the wooden deck which is counterbored so that the top surface of the radially extending flange is flush with the wooden deck.

Abstract: A soil retaining system, including an upright soil retaining wall of modular facing panels and a number of horizontal wire mesh reinforcement units, including spaced parallel wires ending in bulbous portions and interconnected by perpendicular crossbars. The mesh units are connected in tiers to the retaining wall and rest in the soil behind the wall. The connection is made by a female member embedded into the back side of the panel with internal threads, into which a male member is threadedly received with an internal bore of a suitable size to pass the wires but not the bulbous portions which bear against the forward end of the bolts. In this manner, with the wires seated within a corresponding male member, the facing panels and mesh units are connected by screwing the male member into the female member.

Abstract: A playground device mounted on a support such as a heavy coil spring, the lower end of which is fastened to a ground anchor which is a lightweight construction comprising a lowermost horizontal plate member adapted to be buried in a hole in the ground and a number of substantially vertical legs connecting this plate member with an upper mounting member adapted to be located in the ground surface level and stabilized in this location by said hole being refilled with earth, the mounting member serving to rigidly hold the lower end of the support of the playground device.

Abstract: A grouted strand anchor and method of making the same comprising a pre-drilled anchor hole, a strand having centering means thereon for centering the strand in the hole, and grout surrounding the strand and engaging the sides of the hole for transferring tension loads in the strand by shear forces in the grout to the sides of the hole.

Abstract: A locking post comprising a vertical post with two spaced horizontal plates attached to the bottom portion of the post. Each plate is reinforced and supported by a steel rod passing through the post and running parallel and beneath the plate. The upper plate is positioned above the lower plate and is disposed in a direction which is generally at right angles to the disposition of the lower plate. The post is set in a hole in the ground with the plates being disposed beneath the surface of the ground. When the assembled parts are covered with dirt, the crossed plates will prevent removal of the post.

Abstract: Post support for supporting vertical fence posts, the bases of sheds or greenhouses, and the like, to the ground comprising an elongate ground-engaging portion, preferably of cross-shaped cross-section and preferably tapered toward its free end, capable of being driven vertically into the ground and a post-engaging portion, preferably a hollow box-section, rigidly attached to the ground-engaging portion and being so formed that a post to be supported and engaged by the post-engaging portion extends with its axis substantially parallel to the axis of the ground-engaging portion.

Abstract: A post anchor system for embedded posts has a plurality of post anchors formed preferably of a non-metallic material. Each anchor has a tubular main sleeve with interior splines to engage the post. A disc member extends horizontally from a midlength position on the sleeve and upper and lower radial fin members extend from the sleeve and are also joined to the disc. The fin members are positioned at space locations relative to one another so as to present maximum resistance to movement of the embedded post in the earth.

Abstract: The method of affixing a bolt in a hole in foundations formed of materials such as concrete, stone or rock, wood and the like which includes inserting a bolt in said hole, filling the space surrounding said bolt with a plurality of balls, pouring a liquid curable resin into the hole to fill the interstices between the balls and then curing the resin and the resulting structure.

Abstract: An artificial aquarium plant which includes an anchor in the shape of a narrow, elongated trough having a generally V-shaped cross section. The ends of the anchor are diverging downwardly to form scoops at the opposing ends. Transverse connecting walls define storage cells therebetween to receive the anchoring material, such as sand, for retaining the anchor at the bottom of an aquarium tank. A hollow tubular post provided in the anchor includes a restraining shoulder in its hollow portion. The plant member includes a bifurcated stem which can be inserted into the hollow post, and a ledge or lip section on the stem which engages the restraining shoulder to prevent removal of the plant member from the anchor. A package is designed to retain the artificial aquarium plant where the anchor acts in such a manner as to avoid crushing of the plant member.

Abstract: An anchoring system for use in anchoring structures such as mobile homes to the ground by use of elongated flexible belts. The belt is wound so as to be firmly clamped by its own tension.

Abstract: Anchor rods are protected against corrosion by inserting sealant within an anchor eye cap recess and bottom nut recess before fastening the eye and anchor member to the rod. Protective rod covering also is within the recesses.

Abstract: A digger housing having a trencher extendable therefrom is mounted on a truck such that it pivots about two axes. A rod slot having a slanted bottom is dug by pivoting the housing and trencher about the axes. An anchor slot having slanted sides, with one of the sides intersecting the rod slot, is dug by extending the trencher from the repositioned housing. An anchor is buried with an anchor plate in the anchor slot and a rod in the rod slot.

Abstract: A first embodiment employs precast cementitious stretchers provided with cast in place connectors for anchor rod ends. A second embodiment employs stretcher panels fabricated of resilient sheet material and secured together by straps which reinforce to panels and provide connectors for anchor rod ends. Both embodiments incorporate deadman anchors formed with slot-like openings through which end plates on the rods may pass and which serve to secure the plates against removal from anchors when the rods are secured to the connectors of the stretchers.

Abstract: An improved grouted earth anchor having a modified end configuration that reduces undesirable tensile stress in the grout ball. The reduction in tensile stress is accomplished by locating the enlarged end section of the end configuration of the anchor rod away from the bottom of the grout ball, and by shaping the enlarged end section in a predetermined manner in order to make the compressive stress trajectories between the surface of the enlarged end section and the surface of the grout ball as straight as possible.

Abstract: An anchor assembly includes an elongate base means that has a tie-down member for operatively engaging the back end of the base means to attach it to a support, a brace member operatively engages the base means and extends upwardly thereof so that a flexible stress member can operatively engage and extend between a back end of the base means, an upper end of the brace member and the front end of the base means so that a second stress cable or chain to be anchored can engage the first stress member intermediate the upper end of the brace means and the front portion of the base means to extend therefrom to engage the work object.

Abstract: A tornado protection building, one of the rooms of which has a tornado protection assembly extending across the top and sides of its interior, the building having a concrete slab under it, into which the protection assembly is anchored, the protection assembly having a design providing much greater strength than sheet material so as to resist forces in all directions exerted by a tornado, the protection assembly protecting a first floor space which is but a small part of a basementless house.

Abstract: Method and means for extracting a soil anchor consisting of a prestressed steel tendon anchored in a soil comprising introducing an explosive in a tube placed in the center of said steel tendon, detonating and blasting said explosive, by which explosion the hardened anchorage surrounding the lower part of said anchor is loosened, and pulling the whole length of the loosened anchor out of the soil.

Abstract: A perforated tubular member is used as a tool for digging a trench in the sand, in which trench the member is buried and used for supporting a pole for a volleyball or like net, two such members being used for two poles and one net.

Abstract: The hold down anchor is for anchoring a chain or the like and includes a metal rod having two straight arm sections forming an angle of about 90.degree., one arm section being adapted to be received in a socket hole in a floor or support, a reenforcing plate means secured to the second arm and dependent therefrom to rest on a floor or support when the anchor is in use, a support block having a bifurcated top portion secured to the second arm and having a top portion adapted to engage a link of a chain anchored by the hold down anchor and extending towards a load means for applying load to the hold down anchor.

Abstract: An earth anchor includes a steel tension member, or members, sheath encased and embedded in a hardenable material such as mortar grout poured in a bore hole prepared in the ground. Lubricant is applied to the surfaces of the steel tension members before the members are placed within the interior sheaths. Gripping metal pieces are secured to the end portions of the steel tension members in abutment with a pressure bearing plate or plates, also secured to the end portions of the steel tension members. The gripping metal pieces are designed to be sripped from the steel tension end portion member with a force exceeding the predetermined work load of the steel tension members.

Abstract: Disclosed is a ground anchor and foundation support device for anchoring various structures to the earth, or for maintaining a desired alignment thereto, or to prevent foundation beams or floor members from sagging by providing support therefor. The device has a strong rigid central body section comprising at its vertical axis, an internally threaded attachment tube, and extending outwardly from the tube, a plurality of quadrilateral, wing-shaped segments, each having a diagonally shaped outer side. At its top, this side is close to the vertical axis of the device, then it flares outwardly to its bottom edge. This side of the segment is provided with an elongate socket which parallels its diagonal shape. A stake or earth auger, which is snugly encompassed by the socket, can be driven through the socket and into the earth. Since the position of each driven stake in the earth is diagonally outward and downward from the central body of the device, then the composite geometry of all the stakes is pyramidal.

Abstract: A method of constructing pre-tested concrete pilings and pile caps particularly for use in supporting structures, such as transmission line towers that are subjected to large overturning moments. One or more pile holes are bored, a small diameter sheathing containing one or more steel tendons is inserted and a concrete mixture is poured in the pile hole exterior of the tendon sheathing with the tendons anchored in the bottom of the pile. When the concrete has obtained sufficient strength, the tendon is stressed, thereby testing the tension-carrying capacity of the pile and its surrounding foundation soil. A concrete pile cap is thereafter joined to the pile, the tendons are again stressed and anchored to the pile cap and the tendon sheathing is filled with concrete grout to form a solid post-tensioned foundation that has been pre-tested at a force in excess of its design load.

Abstract: Method and means of extracting a soil anchor consisting of a prestressed steel tendon anchored in a soil comprising introducing an explosive in a tube placed in the center of said steel tendon, detonating and blasting said explosive, by which explosion the hardened anchorage surrounding the lower part of said anchor is loosened, and pulling the whole length of the loosened anchor out of the soil.

Abstract: A tiedown device for holding one end portion of a working element, such as a chain or cable, intended to be anchored or tied down. The tiedown device includes a tubular body member having a plurality of slots opening at one end of the body member so as to separate and define a plurality of cantilevered segments each capable of being forcibly urged outwardly into gripping relationship with a surrounding structure, such as a concrete floor slab, by a wedge member within the body member and having an exterior surface in engagement with the interior surface of the cantilevered segments. A top insert is positioned within the body member and has an end portion with one surface thereof in engagement with a portion adjacent the other end of the body member.

Abstract: An improved system of anchoring the bottom ends of interlocking wall panels in an aluminum swimming pool construction is disclosed, in which vertical anchors of reentrant cross section engage vertically extending peninsular projections of the rear of the panels, some at least of these projections being formed by interengagement of parts of adjacent panels, or panels and corner pieces. The anchors thus both anchor the panels and lock them together.

Abstract: For a poured concrete basement wall, horizontally spaced rectangular plates are secured to the inner face of the outer wall form in parallel spaced relationship thereto. The inner wall form is then space from the inner face of the plates. Temporary fasteners are inserted through the outer wall form and secured to the plates and shielded from concrete which is then poured into the space between the forms. After setting, the fasteners are removed, the forms removed, and long rods having L-shaped ends remote from the wall are disposed in trenches directed outwardly from the wall, the inner ends being secured to the plates replacing the fasteners. The L-shaped ends are set in concrete poured in the ground and serve as anchors. The rods, anchors, and trenches are then covered up with backfill against the wall.

Abstract: An earth anchor device in which a plurality of flanged load-resistant plate couplers are removably screwed at predetermined intervals on a prestressing tendon (which usually may be cold drawn steel wire, or alloy steel wire or bar having high tensile strength, hereinafter referred to as "Tendon") forming the core portion of an earth anchor, a spring mechanism is closely annexed to the load-resistant surface of each of the flanged load-resistant plate couplers, and protective synthetic resin tubes each having an inner diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the Tendon are mounted over the peripheral portions of the Tendon which are exposed; and an earth anchor work method using such an anchor device. The anchor device is inserted into a bore drilled in the earth and embedded integrally with a charge of mortar forced into the bore, and after used, the Tendon of the anchor device is removable from the earth anchor device by being rotated about the axis thereof.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1.

Abstract: A ground or earth anchor adapted to be driven lengthwise into the ground or placed lengthwise in a pre-dug hole in the ground and then is tilted or rotated into transverse or horizontal anchoring position by tension on a cable, rope, guy wire, rod or the like attached to the anchor. The anchor has an elongated rigid T-shaped body providing a web and two lateral flanges with a pointed leading end and down-turned sloping fins at the rear ends of the flanges causing the rear portion of the body to bite into the ground and tilt as the body is retracted. The outer or top edge of the web portion is provided with a hole to receive the cable or the like and this hole is positioned back of the longitudinal midpoint of the body so that the major area portions of the web and flanges will be ahead of the hole on the pointed end section of the body.

Abstract: The pile comprises a strainer tube connected through a sealing grout to a reinforcement part inside said tube which is held in the surrounding ground by injections of an anchorage grout and by injections of a tightening grout.

Abstract: A method and means for installing a post, pole, or the like in a hole having fluid. A plurality of bracelet members are attached to the post. Each of the bracelet members have a covering and an elastomeric material for expanding which is encased in the covering.

Abstract: A metal holder for disposing a guide structure on a concrete foundation, the holder having a top part in the form of an open housing which serves for lateral retention of the guide structure and in which fastening means can engage, the housing being provided with anchoring parts at the underside, wherein the housing is provided with a metal baseplate disposed in a plastic mortar panel which adjoins all round the housing by a horizontal top surface and which adjoins a layer of plastic mortar on the underside, said layer of plastic mortar completely surrounding the anchoring parts of the housing.

Abstract: A releaseable steel cable anchor comprises a steel cable assembly encased within a thermoplastic resin which bonds the cable assembly to an anchor body embedded within the ground. Typically, the cable assembly is buried in a hole filled with a hardening material such as cement or mortar, which forms the anchor body. Either electrical heating wire or an elongated receptacle to receive a combustible material is provided along substantially the entire length of the resin encasing the cable assembly in order to melt and/or combust the resin material encasing the steel cables, whereupon the steel cables may be readily withdrawn from the anchor assembly.