Boat anchor

Abstract

An anchor for mooring a water craft to a shore or beach that included a straight shaft that is pointed on one end and is arranged on connecting to a torque producing device on its other end. The shaft includes an auger fixed thereto adjacent to the pointed end and is to loosely fitted into a cylindrical tube wherefrom fins or blades are attached to extend oppositely outwardly from the cylindrical tube sides that are sloped outwardly from their lower ends to facilitate their travel into the shore or beach. A torque applying handle or driver is provided for attachment to the shaft other end, and a mooring line connector is secured to the cylindrical tube, adjacent to a top end thereof.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]This invention relates to a boat anchors.[0003]2. Prior Art[0004]Previously boat anchors have generally consisted of large heavy weights for positioning on a shore and connect to a floating device, such as a boat, by a line. Like the invention, the objective of earlier anchors is to prohibit a floatation device, such as a boat, from floating away from the shore. The majority of such anchors are designed to work by submerging the anchor attached by a line, chain, or the like, to a floating device. Such anchors have protruding arms or mechanical devices designed to either dig into the sea floor soil or catch outcroppings in the bottom of the body of water.[0005]Where the water craft is a boat that has moved near to a shore or beach, traditional anchors are not designed to stabilize the boat to the shore. Traditionally, permanently fixed structures are constructed to allow boats to be secured to a shore. In locations where...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

[0010]A hollow tube or cylinder is fitted over a shaft end to slide along the shaft for positioning between the auger or screw end and the opposite shaft end and has an inner diameter that is sufficiently greater than the shaft diameter to allow for free passage of sand and small rocks out from between the shaft and tube or cylinder inner surface. Multiple vanes are attached to the outside of the hollow cylindrical tube, and the tube or cylinder includes a ring, or other devise fixed onto its outer tube surface that is for tying a mooring line to the anchor. As an alternative to the ring, a self locking device can be fitted thereto to assist in securing the mooring line to the anchor.

[0012]It is a principal object of the invention to provide a boat anchor with installed line that is easily, efficiently and securely turned into a shore or beach for anchoring a water craft.

[0013]Another object of the invention is to provide a boat anchor that is easily removed from the shore or beach and is structured to facilitate cleaning debris from between the opposing shaft and cylinder walls.

[0014]Still another object of the invention is to provide a boat anchor whose auger end can be turned manually or by a driver for applying a torque to turn the boat anchor cylindrical tube portion into a shore or beach, pulling blades or fins that extend at right angles outwardly from the outer surface of the cylindrical tube into the shore or beach, securely anchoring the device into the shore or beach, and is easily removed by applying a reverse torque to the auger, turning it out of the shore or beach.

Problems solved by technology

Where the water craft is a boat that has moved near to a shore or beach, traditional anchors are not designed to stabilize the boat to the shore.

A general practice to secure a boat to a shore or beach has consisted of hammering large stakes into the shore or beach Such stakes, however, have substantial drawbacks in that, unless the stakes are driven especially deep, the stakes can easily break free and thereby not adequately secure the boat.

Whereas, if the stakes are deeply driven, removing the stakes takes great effort.

This method has the same limitations as driving stakes into the ground.

Also, removing such traditional boat anchor usually requires digging up the anchor.

Prior to the invention, the anchors listed above have required great effort and time, and none have provided the stability to secure a heavy object, such as a boat, and are easily installed and removed.

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