Patent · US Expired

Easy-up sand anchor

US5461833A · kind A · utility

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8References
15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 1, 1994
Grant dateOct 31, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 1, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE02D5/74
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A general purpose sand anchor, including: a paddle shaped anchor base, curved like the face of a spade shovel, for use as a hand-held shovel for digging the hole into which it will be placed; a line, with one end joined to the anchor base at the center of its wider part and the other end joined to the anchor base at the end of its narrower part; a hook, which attaches to an object to be secured, joined to the line at a point above its connection to the center of the wider part of the anchor base; and a handle, which is used to remove the anchor base from the sand, joined to the line at a point above its connection to the end of the narrower part of the anchor base.

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