Folding ground anchor

Claim 1

A GROUND ANCHOR, COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED RELATIVELY NARROW MEMBER ADAPTED TO LIE NORMALLY ON THE GROUND AND HAVING FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSITE TERMINAL END PORTIONS; COUPLING MEANS CARRIED BY AND RISING FROM SAID FIRST END PORTION; AN OPERATIVELY VERTICAL GROUND-PENETRATING SCREW IN DEPENDING RELATION TO THE SECOND END PORTION OF THE MEMBER AND HAVING AN UPPER END PROMIMATE TO SAID SECOND END PORTION AND A LOWER FREE END ADAPTED TO ENTER THE GROUND; CONNECTION MEANS PERMANENTLY CONNECTING SAID UPPER END TO SAID SECOND END PORTION AND CONSTRAINING THE TWO FOR ROTATION TOGETHER ABOUT THE AXIS OF THE SCREW WHEREBY THE MEMBER SERVES AS A HORIZONTAL LEVEL ARM AND THE COUPLING MEANS AS AN UPRIGHT HANDLE TO AFFORD A CRANK FOR TURNING THE SCREW INTO THE GROUND; AND SAID CONNECTION MEANS INCLUDING A TRANSVERSE HORIZONTAL PIVOT ENABLING SWINGING OF THE SCREW RELATIVE TO THE MEMBER TO A FOLDED POSITION OUT OF THE GROUND AND LYING LENGTHWISE ALONG THE MEMBER WITH ITS FREE END ADJACENT TO THE FIRST END OF THE MEMBER.