Patent ID: 9631392
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: E02D,E04H

Claim:
1. A post or beam anchoring support device for anchoring an end of a support post or beam of a deck or similar construction to the ground, the anchoring support device comprising: a ground anchor having a shaft with a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion having an externally threaded portion and terminating in an upper end having at least one planar vertical wall for enabling the upper end to being engaged and rotated by a drive tool for rotating the shaft about a vertical axis, the lower portion having a lower end for insertion into the ground and at least one helical blade circumscribing the shaft above the lower end for boring the lower portion into the ground as the shaft is rotated about the vertical axis; a post receiving bracket having a base with an elongate aperture adapted to receive the externally threaded portion of the shaft and enable lateral movement of the threaded portion within the elongate aperture, a support portion defining a support surface for abutting the end of the post, the support surface being located vertically on the receiving bracket to be above the upper end of the shaft when the anchoring support device is in an operable configuration, at least two vertical planar walls extending above the support surface, each planar wall having an inside surface for abutting a vertical side of the post and an outside surface, and each planar wall defining a plurality of vertically oriented elongate holes; and a threaded nut for engaging the externally threaded portion of the shaft and securing the post receiving bracket to the ground anchor.