Patent ID: 9616974
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B63B,E02D

Claim:
1. An anchor device for anchoring one or more objects to the ground, the anchor device comprising: a shaft having a bottom end and a top end, wherein the top end of the shaft comprising a square cross-section, and wherein the bottom end of the shaft is pointed; a handle member that is removably attached to the top end of the shaft, the handle member being operable by a user to rotate the shaft, the handle member comprising a square cross-section that matingly engages with the square cross section of the top end of the shaft; a first auger blade attached to the shaft near the bottom end thereof, the first auger blade extending circumferentially around the shaft in a helical configuration; a second auger blade attached to the shaft near the top end thereof, the second auger blade extending circumferentially around the shaft in a helical configuration, the second auger blade being separated from the first auger blade by an axial gap; an attachment member attached to the shaft near the top end of the shaft, the attachment member being attachable to a tether; and a shaft guard attached to the shaft so as to surround the top end of the shaft without covering the top end such that the handle member is matingly engagable with the top end of the shaft while the shaft guard is attached to the shaft; wherein the shaft, the first auger blade, and the second auger blade form an auger that is capable of boring into the ground upon rotation of the shaft to create a static anchor point for an object attached to the tether.