Patent ID: 8733268

Claim:
Apparatus for anchoring a kayak to the bottom of a body of water, the kayak comprising a hull having a bow and a stern and upper and lower portions, and a seat disposed in the hull between the bow and stern, the anchoring apparatus comprising: a tube for attachment to the kayak proximate the upper portion of the kayak between the bow and the stern of the kayak, wherein the tube has first and second opposed ends, a central substantially horizontal section between the opposed ends, and a length equal to approximately the length of the kayak, and wherein the tube ends are directed generally downward; a shaft in the tube, wherein the shaft has first and second opposed ends; and a gear box for attachment to the kayak proximate the seat which comprises: (i) a gear for operative engagement with the shaft; and (ii) a rotatable handle external to the gear box for operative connection to the gear in the gear box; the rotation of the handle in a first direction causing the shaft to deploy from a position inside the tube to a position outside the tube from the generally downwardly directed first tube end and into engagement with the bottom of the body of water; the rotation of the handle in a second direction, opposite the first direction, causing the shaft, if already deployed, to return into the tube, and if desired, to deploy from a position inside the tube to a position outside the tube from the generally downwardly directed second tube end and into engagement with the bottom of the body of water.