Patent AU-2021240317-A1 (AU)
Title: Devices, systems, and methods for installing and load testing earth anchor foundations
Inventor: BOGUESS BRIAN C
IPC: G01L5/00
Filed: 2021-08-04
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(54) Title: DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR INSTALLING AND LOAD TESTING EARTH ANCHOR FOUN
DATIONS 
(57) Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for installing earth anchor foundations and/or 
conducting load tension tests on earth anchors used to secure structures, such as solar platforms, 
7 /trellises, tents, decking, bleachers, telephone poles, powerlines, construction scaffolding, and 
the like. In one example, the device includes a base plate, a plurality of elongate telescoping 
74 members extending from the base plate and containing a crank mechanism. A drive shaft on 
6 2the upper member is coupled to the crank mechanism to raise and lower the upper member 
relative to the base plate. A support arm or shelf is provided on the upper member for raising a 
E frame during installation of the structure, and a testing hook is provided on the upper member 
7084 for conducting a load tension test on one or more earth anchors used to secure the structure 
using a load measurement device coupled to the hook and the earth anchor(s).  
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