Improvements in or relating to means for holding posts and the like

摘要

300,675. Brown, W. W., and Whitney, P. G. Aug. 16, 1927. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Ground anchors for securing a tennis, fencing or other post comprise a base plate 1 which may be integral with or detachably secured to the post 1a and a plate 3 sunk into the ground and provided with a central aperture. A plate 6 or socket is secured to the under side of the plate 3 and is provided with a central aperture 7 having diametrically opposite recesses through which are passed lugs 8a projecting from a screwed rod 8 so that by partially rotating the rod it becomes locked to the plate 6. The rod passes through a tube 4 and is provided with a nut 10 which bears on a base plate 1, the end of which may be bifurcated. A collar may be interposed between the nut and the plate. When the post is removed the upper end of the tube 4 is covered by a flanged plate.