Patent ID: 8667919

Claim:
A boat anchor comprising: a fixture which is releasably securable to a cleat that is mounted on a boat, and wherein the cleat has first and second, opposite facing surfaces, and a central region which is secured to the boat, and wherein the fixture has first and second support members which are individually juxtaposed relative to the respective first and second, opposite facing surfaces of the cleat, and wherein the respective first and second support members each have a pair of coaxially aligned fastener apertures formed therein, and wherein the fixture further includes individual threaded fasteners which are matingly, threadedly received in the coaxially aligned apertures, and which individually releasably secure the first and second support members to each other, and to the cleat; an adjustable arm moveably mounted to the fixture, and which has a distal end; a channel member mounted on the distal end of the adjustable arm, and which defines a passageway; and an elongated anchor rod which is received in the passageway, and which further has a distal end which is operable to engage and penetrate an underwater surface which is located near the boat, and wherein the adjustable arm maintains the boat at a predetermined distance from the anchor rod.