Shallow water anchor
AssigneeLippert Components, Inc.
InventorsThomas F. WARD, Joseph M. LASSANDRO, III
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Abstract
A shallow water anchor system incorporates a four-bar linkage displaceable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The four-bar linkage includes a drive arm pivotally secured at a proximal end on a first fixed pivot point, a pivot arm pivotally secured at a proximal end on a second fixed pivot point spaced from the first pivot point, and a link pivotally connected between distal ends of the drive arm and the pivot arm. A connector is secured between the drive arm and the pivot arm, and a ground spike is coupled with the link. The connector is configured to bias the ground spike downward.
Claims20
A shallow water anchor system comprising:
- a four-bar linkage displaceable between a stowed position and a deployed position, the four-bar linkage including a drive arm pivotally secured at a proximal end on a first fixed pivot point, a pivot arm pivotally secured at a proximal end on a second fixed pivot point spaced from the first fixed pivot point, and a link pivotally connected between distal ends of the drive arm and the pivot arm;
- a telescopic connector secured between the drive arm and the pivot arm;
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- a ground spike coupled with the link, the four-bar linkage maintaining an orientation of the ground spike regardless of a position of the four-bar linkage.
A shallow water anchor system comprising:
- a four-bar linkage displaceable between a stowed position and a deployed position, the four-bar linkage including a drive arm pivotally secured at a proximal end on a first fixed pivot point, a pivot arm pivotally secured at a proximal end on a second fixed pivot point spaced from the first pivot point, and a link pivotally connected between distal ends of the drive arm and the pivot arm;
- a connector secured between the drive arm and the pivot arm;
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- a ground spike coupled with the link,
- wherein the connector is configured to bias the ground spike downward.
A shallow water anchor system comprising:
- a four-bar linkage displaceable between a stowed position and a deployed position;
- a ground spike coupled with the four-bar linkage, the four-bar linkage maintaining an orientation of the ground spike regardless of a position of the four-bar linkage;
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- a shock absorber cooperable with one of the ground spike and the four-bar linkage and configured to absorb external forces on the ground spike.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.