US Patent Issued to LIBERTY HARDWARE on July 21 for "Ground anchor assemblies, adaptor assemblies, and pole assemblies" (North Carolina, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,986, issued on July 21, was assigned to LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Ground anchor assemblies, adaptor assemblies, and pole assemblies" was invented by Robert Douglas Hegarty (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Kelly Nicole Pifer (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Jeffrey John Mathison (Chicago), Melissa Hernandez (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Amy Chamberlain (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ground anchor assembly is provided with a base plate to be supported upon an underlying support surface. A helix extends from one side of the base plate for installation into the underlying support surface. A stake extends through ...