Patent ID: 7255124

Claim:
Apparatus for restraining movement of a valve embedded in the ground, comprising: an anchor for securement to the valve and including an anchor body for disposition in the ground and having no more than a pair of plates spaced from one another and extending generally vertically in discrete planes and which planes, when extended, intersect one another along a generally vertical line wherein said planes and said plates lying in said planes are oriented about 90° relative to one another, with said vertical line lying within said anchor body; and a connecting member carried by said anchor body connecting said plates to one another, said connecting member and said plates defining a lateral opening for receiving and engaging the valve to substantially minimize or eliminate rotational movement of the valve relative to the anchor in response to a torque applied to the valve to open or close the valve, wherein said lateral opening is defined by a plurality of angularly related flats extending between upper edges of said plates, said connecting member including an arm having a first flat of said plurality of flats in generally horizontal registration with a second flat of said plurality of flats, said first and second flats lying diametrically opposite one another and to one side of said vertical line, said first flat parallel to one of said pair of plate and said second flat parallel to said first flat and perpendicular to the other of said pair of plates.