Patent ID: 8398047

Claim:
A method of installing a cable barrier post anchoring device, comprising the steps of: (a) providing an elongated cable barrier post having a non-circular cross-sectional configuration; (b) providing a ground anchoring member having a main drive shaft section and a terminal coupling section, said main drive shaft section including a plurality of helically-shaped external plates secured at spaced intervals thereto; (c) securing a tubular post socket member to said coupling section of said anchoring member in readily detachable and removable relation thereto, said socket member having an open upper end and an internal cavity adapted to receive said cable barrier post; (d) providing a socket drive member with an insert portion having substantially the same cross-sectional configuration as said cable barrier post; (e) inserting said insert portion of said socket drive member through said open upper end and into said internal cavity of said socket member; (f) engaging and rotating said ground anchoring member with said drive member so as to screw said ground anchoring member and said socket member into the ground to a desired depth; (g) removing said insert portion of said socket drive member from within said socket member; and (h) inserting said cable barrier post into said socket member and through a set of guide plates affixed to said socket member and extending transversely across said internal cavity thereof, each of said guide plates having an opening extending therethrough for receiving and guiding said cable barrier post within said socket member in closely-surrounding relation thereto.