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US 5,396,858 AGranted
Anchor
OwnerRex W. Francisinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides: an anchor comprising a plough portion which is generally V-shaped in plan to taper from a broad portion at one end to a holding entering point at the other end, and which is generally V-shaped in cross-section transverse to the length of the plough portion between the ends, a shank attached to the plough portion and to which an anchor cable, chainrope or rode may be affixed, and tines extending from adjacent the broad portion of the plough portion in a generally forward direction.
Claims7
An anchor comprising:
- a plough portion which is generally V-shaped in plan to taper from a broad portion at one end to a holding entering point at the other end, and which is generally V-shaped in cross-section transverse to the length of the plough portion between the ends,
- a shank attached to the plough portion and to which an anchor cable, chainrope or rode may be affixed, and
- tines extending from adjacent the broad portion of the plough portion in a generally forward direction wherein there are a pair of such tines on each side of the plough and one of each said pair is upwardly directed and the other is downwardly directed.
An anchor comprising:
- a plough portion which is generally V-shaped in plan to taper from a broad portion at one end to a holding entering point at the other end, and which is generally V-shaped in cross-section transverse to the length of the plough portion between the ends,
- a shank attached to the plough portion and to which an anchor cable, chainrope or rode may be affixed, and
- tines extending from adjacent the broad portion of the plough portion in a generally forward direction wherein the shank is mounted to the plough portion to pivot from side to side about a generally vertical axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.