Earth pile anchorage

Claim 1

AN EARTH PILE ANCHORAGE WHEREIN THE EARTH IS COMPRISED OF A LAYER OF BED-ROCK AND AN OVERBURDEN OF SOIL, A CONCRETE STRUCTURE IN SAID OVERBURDEN AND BEARING AGAINST SAID BED-ROCK, SAID CONCRETE STRUCTURE HAVING AN EXTERNAL SURFACE PROVIDED WITH RANDOMLY ARRANGED OUTWARDLY EXTENDING PROTRUSIONS WHICH KEY INTO SAID OVERBURDEN, A LOAD ABSORBING ROD EXTENDING FROM SAID STRUCTURE INTO SAID BED-ROCK, MEANS RIGIDLY FASTENING SAID LOAD ABSORBING ROD TO SAID BED-ROCK, MEANS RIGIDLY FASTENING SAID LOAD ABSORBING ROD TO SAID CONCRETE STRUCTURE AT A POINT SUBSTANTIALLY SPACED ABOVE THE POINT OF FASTENING TO SAID BED-ROCK, SAID LATTER RIGID FASTENING MEANS TRANSMITTING FORCES FROM SAID LOAD ABSORBING ROD TO SAID CONCRETE STRUCTURE IN BOTH THE UPWARD AND DOWNWARD DIRECTIONS, SAID LOAD ABSORBING ROD BEING FREE FROM RESTRAINING MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID POINTS AND IN A DIRECTION TOWARD EACH OF SAID POINTS WHEREBY SAID LOAD ABSORBING ROD MAY ELONGATE UNDER UPLIFT FORCES TO ENABLE THE CONCRETE STRUCTURE TO MOVE UPWARDLY AND TRANSMIT A PORTION OF THE UPLIFT FORCES TO SAID OVERBURDEN.