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US 12,305,352 · App. 18/385,839 · Granted May 20, 2025

Ground mounting assembly

Inventor: Stephen Kelleher (Fairhaven, MA)
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,305,352
App. No.
18/385,839
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

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.

Claims (3)

1. A ground mounting assembly comprising a hollow pole with a pointed cap at the pole's distal end, wherein the hollow pole has one or more latitudinal slots through the pole wall from an interior cavity to an outside surface of the pole and rods protrude into the interior cavity of the hollow pole; wherein the pole contains a rotary mechanism for laterally deploying at least one stabilizing plate or bar and a central keyway; and wherein the at least one stabilizing plate or bar is attached to the rotary mechanism by at least one pivot point located within the rotary mechanism and the at least one stabilizing plate or bar is reversibly deployed by rotation of the rotating mechanism, wherein the rotating mechanism comprises a rotating wedge wherein the wedge has a top surface, one or more side surfaces with grooves or channels oriented at a desired pitch and count longitudinally around the one or more side surfaces and one or more angled wedge surfaces with the wide portion of the wedge closest to the one or more side surfaces and a key extension extending from the narrow portion of the wedge.

2. The ground mounting assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rotating mechanism includes a rotating cap having an interior surface and exterior surface and a top that includes a rotary hub that can rotate 360 degrees and wherein the rotary hub has a mounting bracket.

3. The ground mounting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the rotation of the rotary mechanism occurs when the rotating wedge is struck or pounded and the key extension penetrates the central keyway of the ground mounting assembly.

Continuity (8)
Division 17585396 · Jan 26, 2022
Division 16460852 · Jul 2, 2019
Division 15820173 · Nov 21, 2017
Continuation In Part 14777441 · Sep 15, 2015
Continuation In Part 13839842 · Mar 15, 2013
Continuation In Part 13676990 · Nov 14, 2012
Provisional Application 61560037 · Nov 15, 2011
Related Publication 20240060264A1 · Feb 22, 2024
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