Bow pulpit mounted pivoting fluke type anchor holder

In a boat having a railing mounted thereon, apparatus for mounting a pivoting fluke type anchor where the anchor includes a pair of flukes connected to a rod with each end of the rod extending beyond the flukes and including an elongated shank and means pivotally connecting the shank to the rod and flukes, said apparatus comprising:

• first holding means for removably supporting the anchor at one end of the rod and flukes, second holding means for removably supporting the anchor at the opposite end of the rod and flukes, and securing means for securing said first and second holding means to the rail, said first holding means including a first opening adapted to receive the one end of the rod and with said second holding means including a second opening separate from said first opening and adapted to receive the other end of the rod, said first and second holding means including means for locking the rod within said first and second openings.

In a boat having a railing mounted thereon, apparatus for mounting a pivoting fluke type anchor where the anchor includes a pair of flukes connected to a rod with each end of the rod extending beyond the flukes and including an elongated shank and means pivotally connecting the shank to the rod and flukes, said apparatus comprising:

• first holding means for removably supporting the anchor at one end of the rod and flukes, second holding means for removably supporting the anchor at the opposite end of the rod and flukes, and securing means for securing said first and second holding means to the rail, said first holding means comprising a first bracket, said securing means comprising a first clamp assembly located at one end of said first bracket and including a generally circular first clamp portion adapted to clampingly engage the rail at a selected location, said first bracket having a first opening located at its opposite end with the axis of said first opening being approximately in spaced parallelism relative to the axis of said first circular clamp portion, said first opening adapted to receive the one end of the rod, said first holding means including means for locking the one end of the rod within said first opening.

In a boat having a deck and a railing mounted thereon, apparatus for mounting a pivoting fluke type anchor where the anchor includes a pair of flukes connected to a rod with each end of the rod extending beyond the flukes and including an elongated shank and means pivotally connecting the shank to the rod and flukes, said apparatus comprising:

• a first bracket made of a resilient, selectively deformable material, said first bracket including at one end a generally circular first clamp portion adapted to receive the rail, said first bracket including a first opening located at its opposite end with the axis of said first opening being approximately in spaced parallelism relative to the axis of said first circular clamp portion, said first bracket being constructed from a single, unitary strip of flat sheet-like stock with said first circular clamp portion being formed along the flat, said first bracket having a first twisted portion intermediate its ends twisted approximately 90.degree. whereby the above defined axial relationship between said first opening and said first circular clamp portion is provided.

In a boat having a deck and having a pivoting fluke type anchor where the anchor includes a pair of flukes connected to a rod with each end of the rod extending beyond the flukes and including an elongated shank and means pivotally connecting the shank to the rod and flukes, the combination comprising:

• a railing mounted on the deck, a first bracket made of a resilient, selectively deformable material, said first bracket including at one end a generally circular first clamp portion adapted to receive the rail, said first bracket including a first opening located at its opposite end with the axis of said first opening being approximately in spaced parallelism relative to the axis of said first circular clamp portion, said first bracket being constructed from a single, unitary strip of flat sheet-like stock with said first circular clamp portion being formed along the flat, said first bracket having a first twisted portion intermediate its ends twisted approximately 90.degree. whereby the above defined axial relationship between said first opening and said first circular clamp portion is provided.