Patent ID: 6655648
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: E02D,F16M

Abstract:
Mounting and stabilization apparatus for outdoor mechanical equipment and comprising:a plurality of ground anchors, each of said ground anchors being vertically oriented, parallel rods with helical auger blades and a tool receiver in fixed location thereon and oriented for reception of a tool facilitating rotation about the rod axis to screw the ground anchor into the ground; a platform supported on said anchors so that predetermined surfaces on the platform are level, each of said parallel rods having a threaded upper end portion received through a corresponding aperture in said platform into a corresponding cup in the top of said platform; anchor fasteners securing said platform on said ground anchors, said anchor fasteners being nuts threaded onto said parallel rods above the bottoms of said cups and securing said platform to said ground anchors; an equipment base; security fasteners securing said base to said platform, each security fastener having a head and threaded shank and being constructed and arranged to be inserted through said base from an interior region of said equipment and threaded into said platform, such that said security fastener heads are only accessible from said interior region; and washers resting atop said tool receivers and engaging the bottom of said platform and supporting said platform on said parallel rods.