Patent ID: 8220209

Claim:
A ground anchor for anchoring a structure positioned on the ground, said ground anchor comprising: a base member for being fitted in a hole within the ground and fixedly secured to the ground against removal thereof, said base member comprising a top part having an opening and defining a generally fiat top surface thereof; and a movable anchoring member comprising an elongate body, a top part defining a generally flat top surface thereof and a mounting element positioned on the elongate body and longitudinally spaced apart from the top surface, the mounting element being for mounting a holding member thereto, the movable anchoring member being mounted to said base member via said opening, said movable anchoring member being movable between a non-anchoring position, wherein said movable anchoring member top surface forms a plane with said base member top surface and said mounting element is retracted, and an anchoring position, wherein said movable anchoring member top surface protrudes above said base member top surface and said mounting element is exposed; wherein mounting the holding member to the mounting element prevents the movable anchoring member from moving from the anchoring position to the non-anchoring position; and wherein when said base member is fixedly secured to the ground, and said movable anchoring member is in said anchoring position with said holding member mounted thereto and to the structure, said ground anchor anchors the structure to the ground.