US 12,279,563 B2
Stake stabilization member and erosion control system using same
Kristopher M. Brown, Dallas, TX (US)
Assigned to Arbor Stakes, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by Arbor Stakes, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/485,021.
Application 18/485,021 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/449,772, filed on Aug. 15, 2023, granted, now 12,022,775.
Application 18/449,772 is a continuation of application No. 16/697,677, filed on Nov. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,723,320, issued on Aug. 15, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/771,684, filed on Nov. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0032487 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01G 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 17/04 (2013.01) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An erosion control system comprising:
a stake having a first end tapering to a second end, the second end for penetrating ground; and
a stake stabilization member including:
a body being an annular ring having a length from an upper end and a lower end, the annular ring having an exterior surface and an axial passageway therethrough, the annular ring being a first material, the first material being a biodegradable material;
the lower end of the body configured to be held at one of at the ground and under a surface of the ground;
the axial passageway sized to accept the stake therethrough from the upper end to the lower end such that the second end of the stake travels from the upper end through the lower end to place the first end proximate the upper end of the body, the axial passageway having a periphery and a center;
a locking member coupled to the annular ring, the locking member extending radially inward into the axial passageway, the locking member partially obstructing the axial passageway at the periphery thereof, the locking member unobstructing the center of the axial passageway;
the locking member being a contact material with a contact surface, the contact material being a second material, the second material being a non-biodegradable material;
the locking member sized to accept the stake therethrough in an interference fit; and
a plate extending outwardly from the annular ring, the plate configured to provide surface area contact to the ground.