Patent ID: 6260498
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B63B,F16G,Y10T

Abstract:
An anchor cleat for securing an anchor line on a boat comprising:an elongated base,a one-way jamming cleat mounted on said base, said jamming cleat comprising a pair of lengthwise opposing walls extending upward from said base, a substantially V-shaped jamming groove formed by opposing internal faces of said pair of walls, said jamming groove having a release end and a jamming end, each of said internal faces having a plurality of ridges formed thereon, said ridges being angled upward toward said release end of said jamming groove at a ridge angle of between about 20 and about 60 degrees;a skene chock mounted on said base adjacent said jamming end of said jamming groove, said skene chock comprising a pair of spaced apart rigid arm members extending upward from said base, skene portions of each said rigid arm member curving inward toward one another to thereby form an anchor line receiving aperture, said rigid arm members being offset from one another to thereby form a skene chock opening between said skenes, said skene chock opening being of sufficient size to allow said anchor line to pass lengthwise through said skene chock opening, and said skene chock opening being oblique or perpendicular to said jamming channel such that said anchor line must be shifted out of alignment with said jamming channel in order pass said anchor line through said skene chock opening to thereby remove said anchor line from said anchor line receiving aperture of said skene chock.