Retaining wall anchor system and method

Abstract

A retaining wall anchoring system comprising an anchoring pipe, the anchoring pipe anchored by a support ground, one end of the anchoring pipe being movably traversed by an eyebolt, nuts that movably interact with a threaded portion of the eyebolt to move the eyebolt relative to the anchor pipe, one end of the wire cable being secured to an anchor plate located on a front side of retaining wall distal from the anchor pipe, the wire cable traversing the retaining wall to allow the other cable end to attach to the eyebolt, the nuts being located along the eyebolt to impart an amount of tension to a combination of retaining wall, wire cable and anchor pipe.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A retaining wall anchoring system comprising:
 1) a double-ended anchor pipe having one pipe end anchored into a support ground;   2) an eyebolt that movably and laterally traverses another pipe end, the eyebolt further movably supports a set of nuts;   3) an anchor plate located on a front side of a retaining wall as supported by the support ground;   4) a wire cable having one cable end being secured to the anchor plate, the wire cable further laterally traversing the retaining wall to exit a rear side of the retaining wall to allow another cable end to be secured to an eye portion of the eyebolt;   wherein the set of nuts are moved along a length of a threaded portion of the eyebolt to impart, adjust, or lessen an amount of tension as applied to the wire cable.   
     
     
         2 . The retaining wall anchoring system of  claim 1  wherein the movement of the set of nuts upon a threaded portion of the eyebolt adjusts the position of the eyebolt relative to the pipe anchor. 
     
     
         3 . The retaining wall anchoring system of  claim 1  wherein the anchor plate defines a plate aperture in the center of the anchor plate that continuously connects a plate front with a plate back, the plate aperture being further bisected by a rod. 
     
     
         4 . The retaining wall anchoring system of  claim 3  wherein the one cable end passes through the plate aperture to loop around the rod and then to pass back through the plate aperture to be attached to the remainder of the wire cable to secure the wire cable to the anchor plate. 
     
     
         5 . The retaining wall anchoring system of  claim 1  wherein the cable ends are secured to the remainder of the wire cable by respective cable crimps and a U-bolt clamps. 
     
     
         6 . The retaining wall anchoring system of  claim 1  wherein the set of nuts further comprises an adjusting nut located between the anchor pipe and an unattached end portion of the eyebolt, wherein a movement of the adjusting nut upon the threaded portion imparts or lessens the tension as applied to the wire cable. 
     
     
         7 . The retaining wall anchoring system of  claim 6  wherein movement of the adjusting nut against the anchor pipe moves the eyebolt relative to the anchor pipe to effect amount of tension applied to a combination of wire cable, retaining wall and anchor pipe. 
     
     
         8 . The retaining wall anchoring system of  claim 1  wherein the set of nuts comprises a securing nut located between the anchor pipe and eye portion of the eyebolt, wherein the securing nut as tightened against the anchor pipe removably applies a removable locking force to the adjusting nut. 
     
     
         9 . The retaining wall anchoring system of  claim 1 , wherein the anchor pipe is angularly anchored in the support ground, the angled anchor pipe further movably supports the eyebolt in a horizontal orientation. 
     
     
         10 . A retaining wall anchoring system comprising:
 1) a double-ended anchor pipe, one pipe end of the anchor pipe is secured into a support ground while another pipe end is laterally and movably traversed by a threaded portion of an eyelet bolt;   2) a set of nuts that movably interact with a threaded portion to position the eyebolt relative to the anchor pipe;   3) a wire cable at one cable end is secured to an eye portion of the eyebolt, the other cable end secured to an anchor plate;   4) the anchor plate is located by a front side of a retaining wall, the wire cable laterally traverses the retaining wall from the retaining wall front side to retaining wall rear side;   5) the retaining wall supported by the support ground to be located distal from the anchor pipe;   wherein the nut set interacting with the anchor pipe create, adjust or lock a tension upon the wire cable.   
     
     
         11 . The retaining wall anchoring system of  claim 10  wherein the nut set comprises an adjusting nut and a securing nut, the securing nut is movably located between the anchor pipe and an eyelet portion of the eyelet bolt while the adjusting nut is movably located between the anchor pipe and an unattached end of the eyebolt's threaded portion. 
     
     
         12 . The retaining wall anchoring system of  claim 11  wherein a location of the adjusting nut upon the threaded portion relative to the anchor pipe is used to create and adjust tension imparted upon the cable wire. 
     
     
         13 . The retaining wall anchoring system of  claim 11 , wherein the movement of the adjusting nut along a length of the threaded portion length towards eye portion increases the wire cable tension. 
     
     
         14 . The retaining wall anchoring system of  claim 11 , wherein the movement of the adjusting nut along a length of the threaded portion length towards unattached portion of the eyebolt decreases the wire cable tension. 
     
     
         15 . The retaining wall anchoring system of  claim 10  wherein the anchor pipe is sandwiched between nuts of the nut set. 
     
     
         16 . A method for operating a retaining wall anchoring system comprising the following steps:
 (A) providing a retaining wall supported by a support ground;   (B) providing a retaining wall anchoring system comprising a double-ended anchor pipe, a wire cable, and an anchoring plate, the anchor pipe at one pipe end is attached to the support ground while the other pipe end is movably and laterally traversed by an eyebolt with a pair of nuts, the pair of nuts further movably interact with a threaded length of the eyebolt, one cable end is attached to the anchor plate as located on the front of the retaining wall while the wire cable laterally traverses the retaining wall to exit the retaining wall's rear side to allow the other cable end to be attached to the eyebolt, and   (C) locating the pair of nuts along the threaded length to impart, lessen or otherwise adjust an amount of tension upon a combination of the retaining wall, cable wire and anchor pipe.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16  further comprising a step of moving an adjusting nut of the pair of nuts along length of the threaded length towards the unattached end of the eyebolt to decrease the amount of tension upon the combination. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16  further comprising a step of moving an adjusting nut of the pair of nuts along the threaded length towards an eye portion of the eyebolt to increase the amount of tension placed upon the combination end of the threaded portion. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 16  further comprising a step of moving a securing nut of the pair of nuts along length of the threaded portion towards the unattached end of the eyebolt to removably secure an adjustment nut's position upon the threaded length. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 16  further comprising a step of moving tightening a securing nut up against the anchor pipe to removably secure an adjustment nut's position upon the threaded length.