Patent ID: 8511021

Claim:
A structural cap for anchoring a leg of a tower to a radial array of micropiles, the structural cap comprising; a body having a center and a perimeter; a mounting member attached to and protruding from the body substantially at the center of the body, the mounting member for receiving the leg of the tower; a bearing flange disposed on the perimeter of the body; and a sleeve configured to couple to the bearing flange and defining a void to: (1) receive a portion of one micropile of the radial array of micropiles, and (2) receive a cementitious mixture about the portion of the micropile for fixedly coupling the sleeve to the portion of the micropile, wherein: the sleeve includes a plate at an end of the sleeve for fastening the sleeve to the bearing flange, the plate of the sleeve including an aperture disposed substantially proximate to a center of a perimeter of the plate for receiving another portion of the micropile distal to the portion received by the void of the sleeve; and the bearing flange includes an aperture for also receiving the another portion of the micropile distal to the portion received by the void of the sleeve.