Anchoring device for a pole- or post-like object

DETAILED DESCRIPTION I claim: 1.
Anchoring apparatus for anchoring a bottom end portion of a pole having a pole longitudinal axis comprising: a tubular section having an open top end and a tubular section longitudinal axis; an annular outer member having an outer member center and being rotatably disposed on said tubular section at said open top end thereof; said annular outer member including a support aperture that is eccentrically offset with respect to said outer member center; an annular inner member having an inner member center and a pole receiving aperture that is eccentrically offset with respect to said inner member center; said annular inner member being rotatably disposed within said support aperture of said annular outer member; said annular inner and outer members being rotatable to vary the positions of said support aperture and said receiving aperture to selectively tilt the bottom end portion of a pole that extends into said tubular section through said receiving aperture for bringing the pole longitudinal axis to a desired position with respect to the direction of said tubular section longitudinal axis; said annular outer member having a reduced wall thickness portion outwardly of said support aperture in the direction in which said support aperture is eccentrically offset with respect to said outer member center; said annular inner member having a reduced wall thickness portion outwardly of said receiving aperture in the direction in which said receiving aperture is eccentrically offset with respect to said inner member center; and each of said annular inner and outer members having an axially and radially continuous slit in said reduced wall thickness portions.
2.
The anchoring apparatus of claim 1 wherein said support aperture in said annular outer member and said annular inner member have cooperating conically tapered surfaces that provide outward expansion of said annular outer member and inward contraction of said annular inner member when said annular inner member is forced axially into said support aperture