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
A method for anchoring a watercraft comprising the steps of:
- linearly deploying a first anchor extension relative to a second anchor extension carrying the first anchor extension;
- and
- linearly deploying the second anchor extension relative to a base member carrying the second anchor extension after the first anchor extension has fully deployed relative to the second anchor extension.
A method of deploying an anchor from a watercraft in a body of water comprising the steps of:
- deploying a at least one anchor extension;
- detecting when the at least one anchor extension has engaged an object in the body of water;
- and
- stopping the deploying of the at least one anchor extension after the step of detecting.
A method of operating an anchor for a watercraft, comprising:
- deploying at least one anchor extension in a first direction;
- retracting the at least one anchor extension in a second direction opposite the first direction;
- and
- deploying again the at least one anchor extension in the first direction;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.