Patent ID: 6390011
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A marine anchor, symmetrical about a fore-and-aft plane, including a basic anchor structure comprising:an arcuate shank having a first end and a second end, a pair of arcuate triangular flukes positioned on opposite side of said first end of said arcuate shank, said flukes terminating in a mutually forwardly extending point, said shank extending perpendicularly upwardly and forwardly from said pair of flukes, said second end of the shank extending forward substantially beyond said forwardly extending point of said flukes; said shank terminating in an anchor line attachment point at said second end, said first end of said shank being affixed to said flukes at a point rearwardly from said forwardly extending point at substantially aft of a mid-point of said flukes, said flukes having an arcuate rearwardly extending trailing edge, each of said flukes having a wedge shaped cutout at said trailing edge resulting in each fluke having an outer fin that is separate from a main portion of each fluke, said outer fin of each fluke being arcuately bent downwardly in a preselected bending pattern.