Patent ID: 9138812
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: B23B,E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for anchoring a post to a supporting surface, the device comprising: a mounting surface for mounting an end of said post; a plurality of spaced-apart first openings adjacent said mounting surface, each said first opening configured to receive a corresponding fastener acting to attach the device to the post; a plurality of spaced-apart second openings positioned between said first openings, each said second opening configured to receive a corresponding fastener acting to attach the device to a supporting surface; said second openings offset from said first openings so as to dispose the central axes of each said first and each said second opening in non-coincidental relationship; each said first opening configured to receive the corresponding fastener with a head of the fastener proximate said first opening and outside the periphery of the post, a body of the fastener projecting from said first opening at an upwardly inclined vertical angle with respect to said first opening and into the post at a laterally displaced offset angle with respect to the horizontal, each said second opening configured to receive the corresponding fastener, said corresponding fastener extending downwardly into the supporting surface; the device configured to orient and position within the post the terminal ends of the respective bodies of the plurality of fasteners received by said first openings in a resulting configuration wherein the respective fastener bodies are disposed angularly about, and offset from, a central, vertical axis defined by the post, in a substantially non-intersecting arrangement.