Patent ID: 8230648

Claim:
A utility land anchor comprising, a vertical shaft having a first lower end and a second upper end, where said vertical shaft first lower end is shaped to have a pointed tip, and said vertical shaft first lower end includes an auger secured to an exterior surface of said shaft, adjacent to said pointed end, and said vertical shaft second upper end includes a center longitudinal cavity formed to receive a driver fitted therein; a cylindrical tube is provided to loosely fit over said vertical shaft between said first lower and second upper vertical shaft ends, in sliding relationship, and the interior diameter of said cylindrical tube is greater than the outside diameter of said vertical shaft, providing a space or gap between said cylindrical tube and said vertical shaft that is large enough to accommodate passage of debris, including small pebbles, from between opposing outer and inner surfaces of said vertical shaft and cylindrical tube; at least a pair of blades or fins that are spaced apart and are individually attached to extend outwardly from opposite sides of the exterior surface of said cylindrical tube, from a lower end thereof, and a mooring line attachment device is fixed to said cylindrical tube, adjacent to said blades or fins lower ends; and a torque producing device is arranged for connection to said vertical shaft second upper end, coupling into said center longitudinal cavity to provide a rotational torque to said vertical shaft.