Patent ID: 9624639
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: E02D

Claim:
1. A ground anchor comprising; a body and a ground piercing means on the body; wherein the ground piercing means comprises a first tapering member, having two opposite edges, the opposite edges of the first tapering member tapering inwardly from the body towards the other opposite edge of the first tapering member so as to converge to a forward projection of the first tapering member, and the first tapering member having two opposite faces extending between the opposite edges; wherein the ground piercing means further comprises a plurality of spaced second tapering members extending transverse from each of said faces of the first tapering member; wherein each of the second tapering members has two opposite edges, the opposite edges of each second tapering member tapering inwardly from the body towards the other opposite edge of the respective second tapering member; wherein the ground piercing means further includes a plurality of teeth provided on the body in regions adjacent each tapering member; wherein the first tapering member and the second tapering members define therebetween a pair of opposite cavities, the second tapering members constituting opposite tapering walls of the cavities, and a respective one of said teeth being provided in each of the cavities.