Patent ID: 7789594

Claim:
The method of securing a stranded soil retention mat to the soil, which comprises the steps of providing a driven and pivoting anchor having a non-sharp backwardly and outwardly, curved leading end having an apex generally aligned with a longitudinal axis of a main body portion of the anchor, the anchor having a generally part ball-shaped leading portion defined by converging rounded rib outer edges extending forward of the main body portion of the anchor, the outer edges being blunted or curved, positioning the mat on the surface of the soil to be retained, positioning the leading end of the anchor against the mat, driving the anchor into the mat spreading the strands of the mat apart, continuing the driving of the anchor to a predetermined depth in the soil with an attachment member attached to the anchor and extending through the mat to a side of the mat opposite the position of the driven anchor, causing rotation of the anchor by pulling on the attachment member and thereafter securing the mat to the attachment member.