Patent ID: 9004014
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: A01K,E02D,E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An article for tethering an object to a set ground location, comprising: an elongated stake providing a planar extension having opposed sides defining the width and length of said planar extension and joined by an edge that defines the thickness of said planar extension, said planar extension having a ground penetrating end and an opposite impact end; an aperture in said planar extension proximate said impact end; a securing line, said securing line being connected to said planar extension by a connector, said connector being in the form of a loop extending through said aperture in said planar extension, with said loop sized such that said connector can be pivoted between a position above said impact end and a position below said impact end and, in said position below said impact end said connector is not impacted when said impact end is struck to drive said impact end into the ground, and driving said impact end into the ground causes said loop to extend above said impact end; and a claw pivotally connected to said stake, such that said claw pivots upwardly and nests parallel with the side of the stake when the stake is driven into the ground, and said claw pivots downwardly and extends outwardly from said stake as the stake is removed from a position wherein it has been driven into the ground, such that said claw resists removal of said stake from the ground.