Patent ID: 8807512
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: B65D,E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An underground fluid storage tank hold-down system for holding down an underground cylindrical fluid storage tank in a hole that has been excavated, the underground tank hold-down system comprising: a multiplicity of paired hold-down straps, each having a first end and a second end, a length, and a width; a multiplicity of paired deadmen anchors adapted to be placed to either side of the tank when the tank is in the hole, the deadmen anchors each with anchor upstanding loops; and a tank hold-down assembly comprising a take-up coupler assembly having a pair of arched sections, including a first arched section and a second arched section and a threaded engagement assembly, the threaded engagement assembly including a threaded member and a receiving member adapted to receive part of the threaded member; wherein the multiplicity of hooks on each arched section is two and wherein the hooks on each arched section are both spaced apart so they are each a first and a second distance from the second end of the arched sections, the first distance being more than the second distance and offset to either side of a longitudinal axis of the arched sections, the offset at a minimum at least about equal to half the width of the hold-down straps.