Anchor chock
AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorDaniel Comstock Hungerford
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Abstract
A twin fluke marine anchor chock for securing a marine anchor to the deck or hull of a vessel whenever the anchor is not in use. The anchor is removeably locked to the chock by the interaction of an anchor body (crown or stock) securing connector disposed at one end of the chock and a shank down-lock which secures the shank to the chock. The chock may include a shank actuated, resilient fluke locking means. An anchor may be quickly secured or released from the chock by manual rotation of the shank.
Claims3
A device for securing a twin fluke anchor having an anchor body including a crown, a stock, a pivotable shank, and a pair of flukes substantially in a common plane, the device comprising:
- base supporting means;
- means connected to said base supporting means for engaging said anchor body;
- resilient shank-actuated clamp connector means connected to said base support means for resiliently clamping said pivotable shank to said base supporting means;
- said resilient connector means includes a pair of upwardly projecting resilient fingers, each finger engageable on one side of said shank, said fingers resiliently engageable to said shank for holding said shank in a predetermined position;
- said fingers include an upper flanged portion protruding laterally inward toward each other, said lateral flanged portions separated by a distance less than the width of said shank, said shank moveable to a position between said fingers, whereby the flange portions will prevent upward, vertical motion of said shank;
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- resilient shank engaging means moveable laterally outwardly from said shank when engaged with said shank, said resilient means having a fluke engaging means whereby said flukes are engaged to said resilient means whenever said shank is positioned between said resilient means.
An anchor chock for securing a twin fluke anchor having a crown, a stock, a pivotable shank, a pair of flukes disposed on each side of said crown, said flukes lying in the same plane, said chock comprising:
- a base plate;
- a crown plate receptacle disposed at one end of said base plate for preventing lateral and vertical motion of said crown;
- a first pair of resilient fingers substantially perpendicularly connected to said plate and rising upwardly therefrom, said fingers having flanged inwardly projecting portions juxtaposed to each other, the distance between said projection portions being smaller than a width of an anchor shank, whereby said shank is moveable between said fingers and may be resiliently retained between said fingers;
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- a second pair of resilient fingers positioned adjacent said first pair of fingers and connected to said plate, said second fingers having inwardly disposed projections disposed adjacent each other and fluke engaging projections disposed outwardly, said inner projections spaced apart a distance less than the width of said shank whereby whenever said shank is engaged between said second fingers, said fluke engaging means engages said flukes.
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