Patent ID: 7887263

Claim:
A ground anchor including a shaft and a cable guide mechanism, wherein the cable guide mechanism is configured to be releasably attached to said shaft, characterised in that the cable guide mechanism, includes a body portion, an indent or groove and a protrusion, such that said indent or groove is located on an opposite side of the body portion to the protrusion, the protrusion is tapered with its widest section directly opposite the indent or groove; the linear distance between a bottom of the indent or groove and the widest section of the protrusion is dimensioned and configured, when in use, to releasably retain an inside edge of a first distal end of a loop which is attached to a terminal end of a cable such that the loop cannot climb out of the indent or groove; and that said shaft includes a first stop means and an anchor means, wherein said anchor means is at a first distal end of the shaft and configured to assist in inserting and anchoring the ground anchor when in use, and the first stop means is configured to prevent the cable guide mechanism moving co-axially along the shaft towards the first distal end; wherein said shaft is configured and dimensioned, when the ground anchor is in use, to freely rotate co-axially inside the cable guide mechanism.