Patent ID: 8250817

Claim:
A reinforcing system for a guy anchor of a guyed tower or additionally guyed tower, the guy anchor having an anchor head and an anchor shaft extending from the anchor head into the ground, the reinforcing system comprising: a solid structure around a portion of the anchor shaft; a supplemental anchor shaft attached to the anchor head and extending into the solid structure; and a retaining structure attached to or integral with the supplemental anchor shaft within the solid structure, the solid structure including a top surface disposed above grade level, a front wall portion facing the tower and extending below the top surface into the ground, a back wall portion extending below the top surface into the ground, and a middle portion between the front wall portion and the back wall portion and extending into the ground, the front wall portion and back wall portion extending more deeply into the ground than the middle portion, wherein the solid structure is positioned with respect to the guy anchor so that more of the mass of the solid structure extends behind the anchor head than extends in front of it.