Patent ID: 8413960

Claim:
An apparatus for stabilizing a wind turbine blade when the blade is not attached to a wind turbine tower, the apparatus comprising: a stabilizer bag having an inner inflatable cavity surrounded by a vinyl coated polyester UV resistant exterior membrane further having welded seams; at least one valve communicating from the inflatable cavity to the outside of the exterior membrane and capable of communicating with an air supply to inflate and deflate the inner cavity; at least two rings welded to the bag wherein said welds are within an interior of said bag and said rings extend out of an aperture while said welds remain in said interior; at least two anchoring straps for passing through the at least two rings, each having a first end adhered to opposing points on the exterior membrane and having an opposite free end; and at least two stakes for holding the anchoring straps, each having a pointed end for driving into the ground and a top end to which the opposite free end of each anchoring strap attach.