Ground mounting assembly
A ground mounting assembly includes one or a plurality of posts, each attached to at least one stabilizing plate or scoop pyramid. The post may be driven into the ground and then lifted to deploy plates into a locking mechanism, or driven into the ground by a pile driver with plate held in place, released, and driven further and deployed into a locking mechanism, or driven into the ground and double pounded inside the post to drive reinforcing plate into slotted winglets, or driven, double pounded and rotated to extend the reinforcing plates horizontally from the pole or pile. The post also can used as a mooring in harbors, lakes, or at sea. A system based on a double pounder pile driven mono pole, optionally extendable in length, is also described.
1. A ground mounting structure, comprising:
a ground mounting pole having a proximal end adapted to extend from the ground, and a distal end adapted to be driven into the ground, wherein the ground mounting pole comprises an elongate hollow pole, said elongate hollow pole being open at the pole's proximal end and sized and shaped to accommodate a pole driving plunger or ram having one or more wedge faces, said hollow pole having a pointed cap at the pole's distal end, said hollow pole further having at least one stabilizing element slidably carried inside the hollow pole adjacent the hollow pole's distal end wherein said at least one stabilizing element adjacent the hollow pole distal end comprises at least one flat plate having a distal end positioned adjacent a slot in a wall of the hollow pole, adjacent the pole distal end thereof, said hollow pole further including slotted winglets configured to extend from an exterior wall of the hollow pole, and at least one plate roller adjacent the slot for supporting the at least one flat plate and for directing the at least one flat plate sideways from the hollow pole, guided through said slotted winglets by slots formed in the winglets on opposite sides of the at least one flat plate.
2. The ground mounting structure of claim 1 , further including one or more plate stiffeners affixed to an exterior of the hollow pole adjacent the slot.
3. The ground mounting structure of claim 1 , wherein the pointed cap is shaped as a pyramid.
4. The ground mounting structure of claim 1 , wherein said pole is square in cross-section.
5. A method for mounting a structure to the ground comprising providing a ground mounting pole as claimed in claim 1 ;
driving the distal end of the ground mounting pole into the ground to a desired depth;
providing the plunger or ram, and
driving at least two flat plate stabilizing elements from the inside of the pole over rollers and guided through said slotted winglets on opposite sides of the flat plate stabilizing elements between the slotted winglets in position adjacent the distal end of the pole, by engaging the wedge faces of the plunger or ram in contact with proximal ends of the at least two flat plate stabilizing elements.
6. The method of claim 5 , including the step of driving the pole to a desired depth using a pile driver.
7. The method of claim 5 , including the step of driving the at least two stabilizing elements from the pole using a pile driver.
8. The ground mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one plate roller includes ball bearings.
9. The method of claim 5 , wherein the rollers include ball bearings.