Patent ID: 7770669

Claim:
An auger and hole stabilizing combination system: an auger bit having a bottom end, a top end, and at least one boring blade being positioned between said top and bottom ends; a cylinder having an upper end and a lower end, said cylinder having an inner diameter greater than an outer diameter of said auger bit; a coupler releasably coupling said auger bit to said cylinder, said coupler including; a top wall, said top wall having an aperture therein, said auger bit extending through said aperture; a perimeter wall being attached to and extending downwardly from said top wall, said perimeter wall being cylindrical and receiving said upper end of said cylinder, said perimeter wall being removably coupled to said cylinder, said perimeter wall having a bottom edge having a plurality of notches extending therein, said notches each having a bend therein; a plurality of posts being attached to said cylinder adjacent to said upper end, each of said posts being positioned to be removably extended into one of said notches to attach said cylinder to said perimeter wall; a shoulder being attached to said top wall and extending upwardly from said top wall, said shoulder being coextensive with a perimeter edge of said aperture; a locking pin being extended through said shoulder and said auger; and wherein said auger is extended into a ground surface and said cylinder retained within a hole dug by said auger while a post is placed in the hole.