Post anchor with post holding impressions
View Patent ↗A post anchor includes a ground engaging portion in the form of fins and a post receiving portion that has an oversized top and angled, linear segment or circular impressions below. The impressions form a clamp when downward force is applied to seat the post that is inserted into the post receiving portion. Adjustment in plumb can be made by moving the top of the post to the desired location and inserting hardware at the top edge of the receiving portion. A damaged post can be replaced by removing the hardware, replacing the post and reinserting the connection hardware.
1. A post anchor, comprising:
a ground engaging portion comprising at least one fin member; and
a post receiving portion sized and shaped to receive a desired post and including at least one inwardly projecting impression for engaging an outside surface of the desired post when the post is inserted into and received by the post receiving portion,
wherein each inwardly projecting impression is defined by a radiused peripheral edge and a flat contact surface surrounded by the radiused peripheral edge;
mounting hardware; and
wherein an aperture is provided in each contact surface and is sized and shaped to receive said mounting hardware for securing the post in position within the post receiving portion.
2. The post anchor of claim 1 wherein the impression has a round dimple shape.
3. The post anchor of claim 1 wherein the post receiving portion further includes at least two opposed sides, each of the opposed sides including at least one inwardly projecting impression for engaging opposed outside surfaces of the desired post when the post is inserted into and received by the post receiving portion.
4. The post anchor of claim 1 wherein the hardware comprises a screw.
5. A post anchor, comprising:
a ground engaging portion comprising at least one fin member extending along a length to a point; and
a post receiving portion sized and shaped to receive a desired post and including at least one inwardly projecting impression for engaging an outside surface of the desired post when the post is inserted into and received by the post receiving portion,
wherein the ground engaging portion comprises at least two fins meeting at a corner and further comprising a drive pin secured to reinforce the two fins wherein the drive pin is a plate extending vertically parallel to the length of the fin member, the vertical plate further extending across the corner between the two fins.
6. A system, comprising:
a post; and
a post anchor, comprising:
a ground engaging portion comprising a plurality of fin members; and
a post receiving portion comprising tubular member and including a least two opposed surfaces, each opposed surface including at least one impression inwardly projecting from an interior surface of the tubular member,
wherein each impression has a round shape having an edge portion and a flat contact surface, and opposed flat contact surfaces from opposed surfaces of the post receiving portion engage opposed post surfaces securing said post within the post receiving portion;
wherein each flat contact surface includes an aperture, and further including securing hardware passing through the aperture of at least one of the flat contact surfaces to further secure said post within the post receiving portion.
7. The system of claim 6 wherein the post receiving portion includes an aperture, and further including an adhesive injected within the port receiving portion through the aperture to further secure said post within the post receiving portion.