Patent ID: 8474779

Claim:
A post anchoring device, comprising: (a) a post having a non-circular cross-sectional configuration; (b) a ground anchoring member having a main drive shaft section and a terminal coupling section, said main drive shaft section including a plurality of helically-shaped external plates secured at spaced intervals thereto; (c) a tubular socket member having opposite ends and an internal cavity adapted to slidably receive at least a portion of said post therein; (d) one of said ends of said socket member having non-circular opening-defining portions configured to receive and guide said post within said internal cavity of said socket member, and the opposite of said ends of said socket member being secured in readily detachable and removable relation to said coupling section of said ground anchoring member; and (e) a support member affixed to an interior surface of said tubular socket member, said support member having non-circular opening-defining portions through which said post extends in supported and guided relation.