Patent ID: 7270073
Filing Date: 2007-09-18
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A device for quickly anchoring and releasing a boat in shallow water comprising: an anchor sleeve, cylindrical in shape, said anchor sleeve having a top end, a bottom end, a bore extended longitudinally therethrough, an interior peripheral surface, and an exterior peripheral surface; a sleeve liner, having a larger, cylindrical shaped bottom, and a smaller, cylindrical shaped top, a continuous bore extended longitudinally therethrough, and a notch machined into one side of the larger, cylindrical shaped bottom of said sleeve liner at a 90 degree angle to said sleeve liner's longitudinal axis extending completely through one side of the sleeve liner's interior peripheral surface, said sleeve liner positioned within said anchor sleeve; a locking insert, sized to fill the notch machined into one side of said sleeve liner; an anchor pole, having a top end, a pointed bottom end, and a large flat surface machined along one side of the anchor pole, parallel to the anchor pole's longitudinal axis, said anchor pole sized to allow movement up and down through said sleeve liner; a sleeve guide, having a bore extended longitudinally therethrough large enough to allow said anchor pole to pass through, secured to a boat deck and positioned around the top end of said anchor sleeve; a spring, sized such that it will fit over and around the smaller, cylindrical shaped top of said sleeve liner and rest on top of the larger, cylindrical shaped bottom of said sleeve liner, and positioned within said sleeve guide; a hand grip, wrapped around and secured to the top end of said anchor pole, having a thickness large enough so as to prevent said hand grip from passing through the bore of said sleeve guide; and a bottom flange, having a bore extended longitudinally therethrough large enough to allow said anchor pole to pass therethrough, and secured to said anchor sleeve and a boat hull bottom.