Patent ID: 9279228
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: E02D

Claim Text:
1. A pile having an upper end, a lower end, and a longitudinal axis that extends between the upper end and the lower end, a longitudinal plane intersecting and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis, the pile comprising: a first longitudinal wall located on a first side of the longitudinal plane; a second longitudinal wall located on a second side of the longitudinal plane; an interior space formed between the first and second longitudinal walls; at least one anchor located at least partially in the interior space between the first and second longitudinal walls, the at least one anchor extending transversely to the longitudinal axis; an intermediate web that extends between the first and second longitudinal walls; wherein the first longitudinal wall, the second longitudinal wall and the intermediate web form an H-shape, whereby the pile comprises an H-pile, the at least one anchor spanning the first longitudinal wall and the second longitudinal wall, the at least one anchor having an at least one anchor interior side and an at least one anchor exterior side located further from the longitudinal axis than the at least one anchor interior side, wherein the at least one anchor angles downwardly relative to the longitudinal axis from the at least one anchor exterior side to the at least one anchor interior side, the at least one anchor interior side spaced from the intermediate web.