Shallow water anchor

摘要

A shallow water anchor to anchor a water craft in a shallow body of water comprising an anchor positioning assembly mounted on or to the water craft and an anchor member, the anchor position assembly comprises at least one anchor engaging member coupled to an anchor positioning device to raise and lower the anchor member between an elevated position and an anchored position and a system control to control the operation of the anchor position assembly in raising and lowering the anchor member such that the anchor member is lowered to engage the bottom of the shallow body of water to anchor the water craft and the anchor member disengages the bottom of the shallow body of water when the anchor member is raised to permit the water craft to move about the shallow body of water.

主权项

1. A shallow water anchor to anchor a water craft in a shallow body of water comprising an anchor positioning assembly mounted on or to the water craft and an anchor member including an outer surface, said anchor positioning assembly comprises an anchor engaging assembly including a pair of counter-rotating anchor engaging members rotatably coupled to an anchor positioning device or drive mechanism including a reversible motor and a gear drive assembly comprising a substantially vertical counter-rotating drive gear operatively coupled to said reversible motor and said counter-rotating anchor engaging members to cooperatively raise and lower said anchor member such that said anchor member is lowered to engage the bottom of the shallow body of water to anchor the water craft and said anchor member is raised to disengage the bottom of the shallow body of water to permit the water craft to move about the shallow body of water said gear drive assembly.