AU2002223804B2 - Anchorage - Google Patents
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- AU2002223804B2 AU2002223804B2 AU2002223804A AU2002223804A AU2002223804B2 AU 2002223804 B2 AU2002223804 B2 AU 2002223804B2 AU 2002223804 A AU2002223804 A AU 2002223804A AU 2002223804 A AU2002223804 A AU 2002223804A AU 2002223804 B2 AU2002223804 B2 AU 2002223804B2
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- tent peg
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E04—BUILDING
- E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
- E04H15/00—Tents or canopies, in general
- E04H15/32—Parts, components, construction details, accessories, interior equipment, specially adapted for tents, e.g. guy-line equipment, skirts, thresholds
- E04H15/62—Pegs, stakes or the like
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Description
Anchorage This invention relates to a form of anchorage mainly for use with tents.
Tent pegs are generally metal, plastic or wood, and require to be hammered into the ground.
Very often campers will find that they do not have a mallet to drive their pegs into the ground and end up resorting to stones, branches or shoes instead. There is also a problem when a peg has not been fully inserted into the ground in that it protrudes and gets tripped over by fellow campers. If the ground is firm and it has taken a lot of effort to hammer in a peg, you can have a great deal of difficulty retrieving the peg with very little of it left protruding to get a grip of. Once a metal peg has been bent it is useless.
The present invention provides an anchorage including a hook for attaching a guy rope, a tapered end, two or more spikes remote from the tapered end for inserting into the ground and a generally flat body between the spikes and the tapered end. The hook is also located between the spikes and the tapered end. The flat body can be stamped into the ground without the need for a mallet and does not protrude during use.
The hook may be formed by a suitably shaped hole in the body. A further hole formed in the body may aid removal of the anchorage from the ground.
Preferably, the anchorages can be stacked for easy carrying and storage.
A preferred form of anchorage according to the invention is formed from a metal plate by stamping or cutting and then by bending. Each spike may then be generally planar and generally transverse to a line connecting the spike to the hook. Alternatively, the anchorage may be formed from plastic by moulding or other known processes.
A specific embodiment of the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:- Figure 1 shows a top view of a tent peg according to a first embodiment of the invention.
Figure 2 shows a side view of the tent peg of Figure 1.
Figure 3 shows a front view of the tent peg of Figure 1.
Figure 4 shows the tent peg of Figure 1 being anchored.
Figure 5 shows the tent peg of Figure 1 in the ground.
Figure 6 shows a perspective view of a tent peg according to a second embodiment of the invention.
Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3, the tent peg according to a first embodiment of the invention comprises a generally flat (though slightly arced) body having one tapered end and, at the other end of the body spikes to hold the tent peg in the ground.
A first hole in the body forms a hook for attaching a guy rope and a second hole in the body is a finger hole to aid the removal of the tent peg from the ground after use.
To use the tent peg, as illustrated in Figures 4 and 5, you first attach it to a guy rope [6] by means of the hook and stretch the rope out until it is at the tension you require.
You then drive the tapered end of the tent peg a couple of centimetres into the ground with your foot as shown in Figure 4, and stamp on the other end of the body of the tent peg to secure the spikes into the ground, as demonstrated in Figure To remove the tent peg after use, you release the tension of the guy rope and then lift the peg by inserting a finger through the finger hole Figure 6 shows a second embodiment of tent peg according to the invention which, like the first embodiment, can be stamped or cut from a single sheet of metal. The tent peg has a tapered end 1] that is more rounded than that of the first embodiment and also curves upwards slightly out of the plane of the body [15] tent peg. There are just two spikes which are coplanar. A single hole [13] is formed in the body [153 of the tent -3peg. The hole [13] accommodates a hook [12] for the guy rope and also space for a finger to be inserted when removing the tent peg from the ground.
The tent peg of Figure 6 is used in a similar manner to that of Figures 1 to 5, expect that the more rounded and upwardly curved tapered end ll] is not inserted into the ground but rests on the surface of the ground. An occasional problem with the first embodiment of tent peg has been that the sharp tapered end can act as a pivot, about which the tension in the guy rope can act to lift the spikes out of the ground. The tent peg of Figure 6 should avoid this problem.
S Because of the way the tent pegs so far described are formed from flat plates, they can readily be stacked together. The holes [3,13] on respective tent pegs will be aligned so that a string can be passed through all the pegs for ease of carrying. Alternatively a suitably shaped clip (not illustrated) could hold a stack of tent pegs together and guard the spikes [4,14] when the pegs are not in use.
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Claims (6)
1. A tent peg for anchoring a guy rope, the tent peg comprising a hook for n attaching said guy rope and being in the form of a stamped or cut and bent metal plate, characterized in that the tent peg further comprises a tapered end, two or more spikes remote from the tapered end for inserting into the ground and a generally flat body 0between the spikes and the tapered end, wherein the hook is also located between the M' spikes and the tapered end.
2. A tent peg as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the hook is formed by a suitably shaped lole in the body.
3. A tent peg as claimed in Claim 2, which has a further hole formed in the body to aid removal of the anchorage from the ground.
4. A tent peg as claimed in any of Claims 1 to 3 that can be stacked for easy carrying and storage.
A tent peg as claimed in any preceding Claim, wherein each spike is generally planar and generally transverse to a line connecting the spike to the hook.
6. A tent peg substantially as described herein with reference to Figures 1 to 5 or Figure 6 of the accompanying drawings. DATED THIS THIRTEENTH DAY OF APRIL 2005 DAVID BIRSS BY PIZZEYS PATENT AND TRADEMARK ATTORNEYS
Applications Claiming Priority (3)
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GB0027891A GB2369132B (en) | 2000-11-15 | 2000-11-15 | Anchorage |
GB0027891.1 | 2000-11-15 | ||
PCT/GB2001/005021 WO2002040811A1 (en) | 2000-11-15 | 2001-11-15 | Anchorage |
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AU2002223804A1 AU2002223804A1 (en) | 2002-08-01 |
AU2002223804B2 true AU2002223804B2 (en) | 2005-04-28 |
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AU2380402A Pending AU2380402A (en) | 2000-11-15 | 2001-11-15 | Anchorage |
AU2002223804A Ceased AU2002223804B2 (en) | 2000-11-15 | 2001-11-15 | Anchorage |
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AU2380402A Pending AU2380402A (en) | 2000-11-15 | 2001-11-15 | Anchorage |
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US (1) | US20040065027A1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP1336020A1 (en) |
AU (2) | AU2380402A (en) |
CA (1) | CA2428533A1 (en) |
GB (1) | GB2369132B (en) |
NZ (1) | NZ526230A (en) |
WO (1) | WO2002040811A1 (en) |
ZA (1) | ZA200206479B (en) |
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TW202332398A (en) | 2018-05-23 | 2023-08-16 | 美商3M新設資產公司 | Adhesive backed positioning aids and anchoring assemblies to enhance object mounting experience |
Citations (1)
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US4756128A (en) * | 1987-07-30 | 1988-07-12 | Danieli Edmund R | Beach anchor |
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- 2000-11-15 GB GB0027891A patent/GB2369132B/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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- 2001-11-15 US US10/416,859 patent/US20040065027A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2001-11-15 WO PCT/GB2001/005021 patent/WO2002040811A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2001-11-15 AU AU2380402A patent/AU2380402A/en active Pending
- 2001-11-15 AU AU2002223804A patent/AU2002223804B2/en not_active Ceased
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- 2001-11-15 EP EP01996662A patent/EP1336020A1/en not_active Withdrawn
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US4756128A (en) * | 1987-07-30 | 1988-07-12 | Danieli Edmund R | Beach anchor |
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CA2428533A1 (en) | 2002-05-23 |
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ZA200206479B (en) | 2003-04-10 |
NZ526230A (en) | 2005-03-24 |
GB2369132B (en) | 2004-03-24 |
EP1336020A1 (en) | 2003-08-20 |
AU2380402A (en) | 2002-05-27 |
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GB2369132A (en) | 2002-05-22 |
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