Patent ID: 8753042

Claim:
A tie fastener for fastening and staking concrete cloth, landscape and erosion control stabilizer sheets and timbers in place, comprising: an elongated metal shank having an upper end a lower end having a generally uniform diameter; an anvil end at the upper end of the shank; an arrow shaped blade at the lower end of the elongated metal shank, having a portion with a width greater than the diameter of the elongated metal shank; a notch adjacent to the upper end of the shank beneath the anvil end, the notch having a width greater than the diameter of the elongated metal shank; a washer having an opening therethrough with a diameter of the opening being smaller than the width of the portion of the arrow shaped blade and the width of the notch, the washer wrapped about the elongated metal shank between the notch and the blade, wherein the washer abuts against a portion of the notch when the blade is driven into the ground.