Auger anchor
OwnerDavid Eugene Martindaleinventor
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Abstract
An anchor device and method for safely and reliably securing watercraft to the bed of a body of water is provided. The anchor device may include a handle member with detachable components and an auger. The auger may be bored into the ground upon rotation of the handle member and then detached from the handle member by lifting the handle member vertically. The auger may include a shaft with a square cross-section and a pointed bottom end. Two auger blades, separated by an axial gap, may be attached to the shaft. Each auger blade may extend circumferentially around the shaft in a helical configuration.
Claims20
An anchor device for anchoring one or more objects to the ground, the anchor device comprising:
- a shaft having a bottom end and a top end, wherein the top end of the shaft comprising a square cross-section, and wherein the bottom end of the shaft is pointed;
- a handle member that is removably attached to the top end of the shaft, the handle member being operable by a user to rotate the shaft, the handle member comprising a square cross-section that matingly engages with the square cross section of the top end of the shaft;
- a first auger blade attached to the shaft near the bottom end thereof, the first auger blade extending circumferentially around the shaft in a helical configuration;
- a second auger blade attached to the shaft near the top end thereof, the second auger blade extending circumferentially around the shaft in a helical configuration, the second auger blade being separated from the first auger blade by an axial gap;
- an attachment member attached to the shaft at a location that is within 20% of the top end along an axial length of the shaft, the attachment member being attachable to a rope or other securement member;
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- a shaft guard attached to the shaft so as to surround the top end of the shaft without covering the top end such that the handle member is matingly engagable with the top end of the shaft while the shaft guard is attached to the shaft;
- wherein the shaft, the first auger blade, and the second auger blade form an auger that bores into the ground upon rotation of the shaft to create a static anchor point for an object attached to the rope or other securement member.
An anchor device for anchoring one or more objects to the ground, the anchor device comprising:
- a shaft having a bottom member and a top member that is removably coupleable with the bottom member, the top member defining a handle that is operable by a user to rotate the bottom member;
- at least one auger blade that is attached to the bottom member of the shaft near a bottom end thereof, the at least one auger blade extending circumferentially around the shaft in a helical configuration;
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- an attachment member attached to the shaft near a top end of the bottom member of the shaft, the attachment member being attachable to a rope or other securement member;
- wherein the bottom member of the shaft and the at least one auger blade form an auger that bores into the ground upon rotation of the bottom member to create a static anchor point for an object attached to the rope or other securement member.
A method of anchoring an object, the method comprising:
- for an anchor device comprising:
- a shaft having a bottom member and a top member that is removably coupled with the bottom member;
- at least one auger blade that is attached to the bottom member of the shaft near a bottom end thereof, the at least one auger blade extending circumferentially around the shaft in a helical configuration;
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- an attachment member attached near a top end of the bottom member of the shaft;
- rotating the top member of the shaft to rotate the bottom member and thereby bore the bottom member of the shaft into the ground via the at least one auger blade;
- securing a first end of a rope to the object;
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- securing a second end of the rope to the attachment member to anchor the object to the ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.