Patent ID: 7845613

Claim:
A ground securing rod for supporting an umbrella having a shaft, consisting of: a hollow metal rod ( 1 ) having an upper end and a base end, whose drive-in end has a flat helical section whose diameter is slightly larger than the rod ( 2 ), terminating in a tip ( 3 ) below the base end of rod, whereby the section is made with a body of the rod ( 1 ) itself by means of a reduction in its diameter in combination with stamping of the rod in order to flatten the rod, whereby the rod is twisted until the helical section is formed, which comprises a cone-shaped reinforcement at the base end ( 4 ) of rod, while at its upper end the rod ( 1 ) has an attached upper reinforcing piece ( 5 ), which comprises a seat ( 6 ) extending outwardly from the reinforcing piece for a torsion lever ( 7 ) that can be inserted into a through opening ( 8 ) that is located at the upper end of the rod and is positioned in an area covered by the upper reinforcing piece ( 5 ), whereby the shaft of the umbrella extends through the opening of the reinforcing piece and hollow rod.