Ground Anchoring Stake with Anti-Twist and Stabilizing Components

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing ground anchoring apparatuses for posts lack stability, especially when not mounted in a cement base, leading to potential instability during and after installation.

Innovation Solution

A ground anchoring apparatus featuring a stake with an anti-twist device and a stabilizing component, along with a shell that receives the stake, providing enhanced stability by preventing rotation and sideways movement, and eliminating the need for a cement base.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If a post is mounted without a cement base, then installation simplicity is improved, but stability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinstallation simplicityVSAvoidpost stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The anchoring apparatus divides the stabilization function into separate components: a stake for ground penetration, a stabilizing component with ground-engaging elements for preventing sideways movement, and an anti-twist device for preventing rotation. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in a specific stabilization function without requiring a cement base.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The invention adds multiple spatial dimensions of resistance to instability: the stabilizing component provides resistance in horizontal directions (sideways movement) while the anti-twist device provides resistance in the rotational dimension. This multi-dimensional approach to stabilization replaces the need for cement embedding.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Loss of time

If a post is mounted without a cement base, then installation time is reduced, but resistance to twisting deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinstallation timeVSAvoidresistance to twisting

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of timeVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The anti-twist device is pre-formed on the stake before installation. The device includes protrusions or fins that engage with the ground in a predetermined configuration, providing immediate resistance to twisting forces as soon as the stake is installed, without requiring additional cement setting time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The anti-twist device acts as an intermediary element between the stake and the ground, providing rotational resistance through its ground-engaging protrusions. This intermediary structure transfers and distributes twisting forces into the ground without requiring cement as a bonding medium.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Quantity of substance

If a post is mounted without a cement base, then material cost is reduced, but resistance to sideways movement deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvematerial costVSAvoidresistance to sideways movement

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The stabilizing component features ground-engaging elements (such as fins, blades, or protrusions) that are locally concentrated at specific positions along the stake. These localized features provide enhanced resistance to sideways movement at critical points without requiring extensive cement embedding throughout the entire post structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS10982404B1Anchoring apparatus, system, and methods of making and using same

Publication Date: 2021.04.20 JONES JEFFREY A

AI summary

An apparatus comprising a stake with a first end portion configured to support a component and a second end portion, an anti-twist device formed on the second end portion, and a stabilizing component formed on the second end portion between the anti-twist device and the first end portion. Corresponding systems and methods also are disclosed.