Patent ID: 7779589

Claim:
A post anchor/adapter, comprising: a vertically disposed elongate tubular body of unitary construction having four sidewalls and a square cross section, the corners of said square tubular body form spaced radius curved corners; a horizontally disposed plug wall permanently attached within said square tubular body dividing said square tubular body into an upper portion and a lower portion; said upper portion having an upper open end; said upper portion having an upper inner wall extending between said upward open end and said plug wall for receiving a post; said upper portion being further defined by having four spaced crescent-shaped tabs extending outward from the four sidewalls of said square tubular member body and forming an outward extending lip at said upper open end, said spaced crescent-shaped tabs forming a disk for covering a round post-receiving hole; whereby, upon driving said square tubular body into the round post-receiving hole in cement or other hard ground material, said corners engage with and cut creases within the post-receiving hole, anchoring said anchor/adaptor within the hole.