Dock anchor
AssigneeTechstar Plastics Inc.
InventorGarth William Taylor
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Abstract
An anchor for a floating body including a generally cylindrical outer surface, a hollow interior portion having a closed bottom surface, a top surface having an opening into the hollow interior portion, and a tubular portion extending through the cylindrical outer surface and forming; the tubular portion forming an enclosed space within the hollow interior portion; whereby in use the interior portion is receives pourable concrete through the opening in the top surface and the tubular portion receives a chain or a rope for attaching the anchor to the floating body.
Claims25
An anchor for a floating body comprising:
- a generally cylindrical outer surface, a hollow interior portion having a closed bottom surface, a top surface having an opening into said hollow interior portion, and a tubular portion extending through said cylindrical outer surface;
- said tubular portion forming an enclosed space within said hollow interior portion;
- whereby said interior portion receives pourable concrete through said opening in said top surface and said tubular portion receives a chain or a rope for attaching the anchor to the floating body;
- said tubular portion is positioned vertically within said hollow interior portion at a position proximate to where the centre of gravity of the anchor would be once filled with concrete;
- and a gripping indentation protruding into said outer surface towards said hollow interior portion.
An anchor for a floating body comprising a generally cylindrical outer surface, a hollow interior portion having a closed bottom surface, a top surface having an opening into said hollow interior portion, and a tubular portion extending through said cylindrical outer surface;
- said tubular portion forming an enclosed space within said hollow interior portion;
- whereby said interior portion receives pourable concrete through said opening in said top surface and said tubular portion receives a chain or a rope for attaching the anchor to the floating body;
- and an underside of said closed bottom surface having a depressed portion indented towards said closed bottom surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.