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US 9,016,225 B1Granted
Apparatus, system, and method for kayak anchor stake
OwnerRobert E. Jenkinsinventor
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Abstract
A kayak mooring stake is positioned in a scupper hole or sleeve. A knob is provided on the stake, and the knob rests on a shelf or ledge around the inside surface of the scupper hole or sleeve. When the mooring stake is rotated, the knob is positioned over an essentially vertical slot interrupting the ledge or shelf, and the stake can be thrust through the scupper hole or sleeve into the mud/sand at the bottom of a bay, lake, stream or the like, thereby fixing the position of a small watercraft against wind and/or current.
Claims20
A kayak anchoring system for a kayak or other vessel, the anchoring system comprising
- a sleeve supported by the vessel, the sleeve comprising
- an upper portion,
- a lower portion,
- an internal surface,
- a substantially circumferential ledge on the internal surface of the upper portion of the sleeve,
- a vertical slot in the internal surface, the vertical slot extending from the circumferential ledge through the lower portion of the sleeve;
- and
- an anchoring pole comprising
- a lower end,
- a handle end, and
- a pole support element, such that the anchoring pole is supported in a raised position when the pole support element rests on the ledge, and the anchoring pole is lowered to an anchoring position by rotating the pole support element to align with the vertical slot and dropping or downwardly thrusting the anchoring shaft through the sleeve.
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A kayak anchoring system comprising
- a kayak comprising
- a scupper hole comprising
- an upper portion,
- a lower portion,
- an internal surface,
- a substantially circumferential ledge on the internal surface of the upper portion of the scupper hole,
- a vertical slot in the internal surface, the vertical slot extending from the circumferential ledge through the lower portion of the scupper hole;
- an anchoring shaft comprising
- a lower end,
- a handle end, and
- a pole support element, such that the anchoring shaft is supported in a raised position when the pole support element rests on the ledge, and the anchoring shaft is lowered to an anchoring position by rotating the pole support element to align with the vertical slot and dropping or downwardly thrusting the anchoring shaft through the scupper hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.