Ground anchor for fence post, and driving member for installing it
First Claim
1. A ground anchor for a post, comprising:
- an elongate vertically extending tube, and an end member fixedly supported on a lower end of said tube and having a downwardly projecting pointed portion, said end member having thereon an upwardly facing drive surface, including means defining a radially outwardly projecting first flange at an upper end of said tube, wherein said drive surface on said end member is provided within said tube, and wherein said means includes a collar member having an annular axially projecting second flange which is disposed snugly within an upper end of and which has a outside diameter substantially equal to the inside diameter of said tube, and having concentrically disposed at an upper end of said second flange a disk portion of diameter substantially larger than the diameter of said tube, said disk portion having therethrough an opening aligned with the opening through said annular flange, and said disk portion being said first flange.
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Abstract
A ground anchor for a post includes an elongate, vertically extending cylindrical PVC tube and includes at the lower end of the tube an end member having a cylindrical portion snugly frictionally fit within the tube and a conical portion projecting downwardly from the tube to a point, the end member having thereon within the tube an upwardly facing drive surface. An elongate driving member is removably insertable into the tube and has at one end a driving surface which is engageable with the drive surface on the end member. In a variation, the tube has at the upper end thereof a collar which includes an axially extending annular flange snugly fit within the upper end of the tube and a further annular flange projecting radially outwardly from the upper end of the axial flange.
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16 Claims
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1. A ground anchor for a post, comprising:
- an elongate vertically extending tube, and an end member fixedly supported on a lower end of said tube and having a downwardly projecting pointed portion, said end member having thereon an upwardly facing drive surface, including means defining a radially outwardly projecting first flange at an upper end of said tube, wherein said drive surface on said end member is provided within said tube, and wherein said means includes a collar member having an annular axially projecting second flange which is disposed snugly within an upper end of and which has a outside diameter substantially equal to the inside diameter of said tube, and having concentrically disposed at an upper end of said second flange a disk portion of diameter substantially larger than the diameter of said tube, said disk portion having therethrough an opening aligned with the opening through said annular flange, and said disk portion being said first flange.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A ground anchor for a post, comprising:
- an elongate vertically extending tube, and an end member fixedly supported on a lower end of said tube and having a downwardly projecting pointed portion, said end member having thereon within said tube an upwardly facing drive surface, and including a collar member having an annular first portion snugly frictionally engaging an annular surface on said tube adjacent an upper end of said tube, and an annular second portion extending radially outwardly from said first portion and having a diameter substantially larger than the diameter of said tube and including removable cap means for sealingly obstructing the opening through said tube at an upper end of said tube.
- View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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