US 12,222,327 B2
Devices, systems, and methods for installing and load testing earth anchor foundations
Brian C. Boguess, Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Brian C. Boguess, Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/394,263.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/061,733, filed on Aug. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0042890 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 3/02 (2006.01); E02D 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 19/14 (2010.01); E02D 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 3/08 (2013.01) [E02D 33/00 (2013.01); G01N 3/02 (2013.01); G01S 19/14 (2013.01); E02D 7/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for installing and/or testing earth anchors for securing a structure, comprising:
a base plate defining an upper surface;
an elongate first member including a lower end mounted to the upper surface of the base plate along an axis extending from the upper surface;
an elongate second member telescopingly mounted to the first member such that the second member is moveable up and down on the first member along the axis;
an actuator on the second member coupled to a mechanism on one or both of the first and second members to selectively raise the second member up the first member along the axis away from the base plate when the actuator is actuated; and
a testing hook attached to the second member such that the hook moves up along the axis with the second member when the actuator is actuated to raise the second member for conducting a load tension test on an earth anchor coupled to the hook.