ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,477, issued on June 17, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta).
"Ground anchoring apparatus and method" was invented by James David Frost (Atlanta), John A. Huntoon (Atlanta) and Seth D. Mallett (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations include a ground anchoring apparatus including a longitudinal body, first and second retaining members, and a set of expanding linkage assemblies. The first retaining member is rigidly coupled to the longitudinal body. The second retaining member is movably coupled to the longitudinal body. Each expanding linkage assembly includes first and second linkage members. ...