Helical Pile Anchor with Segmented Coupling for Easy Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing anchoring systems for securing objects like basketball goals and canopies lack ease of installation, removal, and stability without requiring permanent fixtures like concrete or heavy weights, and often result in resource wastage and cumbersome handling.
Innovation Solution
A modular anchoring system featuring coupleable anchors with distinct coupling members, allowing for secure attachment to various objects without deformation, and enabling easy installation and removal by using a driver to penetrate the ground and uncouple from the object, thereby eliminating the need for heavy weights or permanent fixtures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional anchoring systems use permanent fixtures like concrete or heavy weights, then stability and security of object attachment is improved, but ease of installation and removal deteriorates, and resource wastage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The anchoring system divides the anchor into separable components: a driver tool and a helical pile anchor with coupling members. The driver can be removed after installation, allowing the anchor to remain in the ground for continued use while enabling easy installation and removal of the object being secured
Solution Approach 2:
The driver is discarded after installation (left at the installation site or removed by the installer), while the helical pile anchor is recovered and retained in the ground for repeated use. This separates the temporary installation tool from the permanent anchoring element, resolving the contradiction between ease of installation and long-term stability
2Reliability
If traditional anchoring systems use permanent fixtures like concrete, then stability is improved, but device complexity and resource wastage increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts the complexity of concrete mixing, curing, and heavy material handling by replacing it with a simple mechanical helical pile anchor that can be installed with a driver tool. The anchor's helical geometry provides stability without requiring complex permanent fixtures
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the chemical-mechanical system of concrete (mixing, pouring, curing) with a purely mechanical system using a helical pile anchor that achieves stability through its geometric design and friction with the ground, eliminating the complexity of concrete work
3Reliability
If traditional anchoring systems use heavy weights, then stability is improved, but ease of transport deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameter of weight by using a lightweight helical pile anchor instead of heavy concrete or weight-based anchors. The stability is achieved through the helical geometry and ground engagement rather than mass, enabling easy transport while maintaining reliability
4Ease of operation
If anchors are removed from ground after use, then ease of transport is improved, but tripping hazards and resource wastage increase
Solution Approach 1:
The helical pile anchor serves itself by remaining in the ground after installation, providing continued stability and preventing tripping hazards. The coupling members allow the anchored object to be moved or removed while the anchor stays in place for reuse, eliminating the need to extract the anchor and preventing it from becoming a tripping hazard
Data Source
AI summary
In various implementations, an anchoring system may include one or more anchors. An anchor may include a first coupling member, a second coupling member, and a plate. The anchor may be coupleable to other anchors and/or objects. The anchoring system may be used to secure an object to a location.