Patent ID: 7275492
Filing Date: 2007-10-02
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. An anchor rope lock, comprising: a stationary base plate having an upper surface for passage of an anchor rope in a generally horizontal direction thereover; a pivoting locking shoe for engaging said anchor rope so that said shoe pivots about a generally horizontal axis towards a locked position in response to tension applied to an anchor end of said rope and towards an unlocked position in response to tension applied to a free end of said rope, said locking shoe comprising: a fairlead that directs said anchor rope from said passage in said shoe towards said anchor end of said rope; said passage in said shoe being located on a side of said body portion that is towards said fairlead when said shoe is in said locked position, so that said rope passes under said lower end of said body portion and is directed towards said fairlead from an upper end of said passage, and a greatest portion of weight of said body portion of said shoe being located on a side of said body portion that is away from said fairlead when said shoe is in said locked position, so that said weight of said body portion urges said shoe to pivot downwardly from said unlocked position towards said locked position.