Patent ID: 8523134

Claim:
A ground spike, comprising: a plurality of vertically oriented blades, the blades configured together along a central vertical axis; at least one of said blades comprising an outer edge portion, said outer edge portion defined at least in part by a bend proximate to a longitudinal outer edge of said at least one of said blades; a plate coupled to the plurality of vertically oriented blades along a top surface of the blades, wherein said top surface of the blades includes a top surface of said outer edge portions; wherein each of said blades, with another one of said blades, is integrally formed, from a single sheet of material, as one of a plurality of pairs of blades, wherein said bend is integrally formed from said single sheet of material, and wherein said bend extends for more than half of said longitudinal outer edge's length; wherein a width of said outer edge portion is tapered over at least half of said bend's length; and wherein said central vertical axis and said bend are non-parallel to one another.