Patent ID: 8205569

Claim:
An improved anchor including: a base member, one end thereof constituting a leading end of said anchor and being adapted to assist in anchorage/embedding of said anchor within a given holding and another end thereof constituting a rear end of the anchor; and a shank member fixedly attached to said base member, said shank member being adapted, in use, to receive and releasably retain at least one anchor line, rope or cable, wherein said base member is of a substantial delta shape or configuration when viewed in plan and with a vortex of said delta shape constituting said leading end of said anchor, and wherein said base member includes opposed respective first and second flukes, each of said flukes being substantially triangular in shape when viewed in plan, said opposed flukes being disposed at an angle to one another and being joined along a line which constitutes a central longitudinal axis for said base member, wherein each free edge of each fluke is other than blunt whereby to constitute a cutting, digging or scraping means for assisting with embedding said anchor, wherein each of said first and second flukes is of substantially planar shape from a leading end to a substantially planar rear extension that protrudes from a rear edge of said fluke at an angle thereto and out of the plane thereof toward a top surface of the said fluke, said rear extension extending to the rear of the anchor, the base member including at least one discontinuity, hole, slot or aperture and a stepped-down leading edge or toe, wherein each of said first and second flukes has a lateral extension protruding from the free edge thereof at an angle thereto and out of the plane thereof, and wherein each respective lateral extension is connected along an edge to said rear extension.