Shallow Water Anchor
AssigneeJohnson Outdoors Inc.
InventorsDarrel A. Bernloehr, Gregory Paul Beamer, David M. Samek
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Abstract
A shallow water anchor is provided. The shallow water anchor comprises a first anchor extension and a second anchor extension axially received by a housing. The first anchor extension is axially received by the second anchor extension such that the first and second anchor extensions are sequentially deployable from the housing an actuation arrangement. The actuation arrangement is controlled by a control interface that is operable to detect when the shallow water anchor has reached a fully extended state and fully retracted state. The shallow water anchor further includes a biasing compensator that compensates for fluctuations in the overall depth of water the anchor is deployed in due to waves or other anomalies.
Claims20
An anchor for a watercraft, comprising:
- a first anchor extension;
- a second anchor extension attached to the first anchor extension;
- a base member attached to the second anchor extension;
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- an actuation arrangement operable to sequentially axially drive the first and second anchor extensions in a deployment direction, the second anchor extension remaining in a substantially constant position relative to the base member until the first anchor extension has transitioned to a fully deployed position relative to the second anchor extension in the deployment direction.
An anchor for a watercraft, comprising:
- a first anchor extension;
- a second anchor extension;
- a base member carrying the first and second anchor extensions;
- a first cable operably connected to the first anchor extension;
- a second cable operably connected to the first anchor extension;
- a spool, the first and second cables being windable and un-windable thereabout;
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- a motor operably connected to the spool to wind and unwind the first and second cables about the spool to selectively deploy and retract the first and second anchor extensions from the housing.
An anchor for a watercraft, comprising:
- a first anchor extension;
- a second anchor extension;
- a base member carrying the first and second anchor extensions;
- an actuation arrangement operable to deploy and retract the first anchor extension relative to the second anchor extension and deploy and retract the second anchor extension relative to the base member;
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- a biasing compensator operably connected to at least one of the first anchor extension, second anchor extension, and actuation arrangement, the biasing compensator returning the at least one of the first anchor extension, second anchor extension, and actuation arrangement to a first orientation after displacement therefrom to a second orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.