Patent ID: 7302904

Claim:
A ground anchor stake that is more resistant to pullout, especially in sandy soil, comprising: a. at least one elongated tine with top and bottom ends, said bottom end having a tip to facilitate pushing said tine into the ground, b. a compression plate attached near said top end of said tine, said compression plate being oriented at an angle of 90 degrees or acute to the portion of said tine below said compression plate, c. said compression plate having a portion extending on one side of said tine, said portion being called a forward portion, d. said forward portion of said compression plate having upper and lower opposing surfaces, said lower surface being a ground-contacting surface that is free of any extending tines so that said lower surface can be urged freely against the ground, e. at least one hawser tie opening attached above and adjacent said upper surface of said compression plate for enabling a hawser or tie to be secured to said ground anchor stake, said hawser tie opening being spaced above said compression plate by a distance that is smaller than the length of said forward portion of compression plate, f. said tie opening being positioned on said forward side of said tine and to the rear of said forward portion of said compression plate so that a pull on said hawser or tie when said tine is inserted in the ground will tend to force said ground-contacting surface of said compression plate down against the ground to compress said ground beneath said ground-contacting surface to restrain forward rotation of said tine, g. said elongated tine being able to flex or bend when said tine is driven into the ground and said hawser exerts a pull on said hawser tie opening, whereby when said tine is driven at an angle of substantially 90° or less to the surface of the ground until said lower surface of said compression plate contacts said ground, and said hawser exerts a pull on said hawser tie opening, said tine will bend and said plate will move forward and down slightly as said pull is applied due to the inherent flex in the tine and said ground-contacting surface of said compression plate will press against said ground beneath said ground-contacting surface, thereby to aid said stake in resisting pullout from said ground.