Patent ID: 7624545
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: E02D

Abstract:
1. A portable ground anchor system for anchoring one end of a cable to the ground, said system comprising: a first base member; a second base member; a first central member; a second central member; spacer means for providing an engagement for a cable, said spacer means interconnected between said first and second central members so that said first and second central members are retained in a spaced apart relationship; means for pivotally joining the first base member and the second base member along opposing coincident edges of said first and second base members, said means for joining also pivotally connecting said first and second central members to said first and second base members; means for anchoring said first and second base members to the ground and wherein said first and second base members have holes formed therein and said means for anchoring comprises metal spikes that can be driven through said holes and into the ground when said first and second base members are placed on the ground to anchor said first and second base members to the ground.