Shallow water anchor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10029764-B2
Application number	US-201615278443-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2016
Priority date	Mar 1, 2010
Publication date	Jul 24, 2018
Grant date	Jul 24, 2018

Abstract

A shallow water anchor is provided. The shallow water anchor comprises a first anchor extension and a second anchor extension axially received by a housing. The first anchor extension is axially received by the second anchor extension such that the first and second anchor extensions are sequentially deployable from the housing using an actuation arrangement. The actuation arrangement is controlled by a control interface that is operable to detect when the shallow water anchor has reached a fully extended state and fully retracted state. The shallow water anchor further includes a biasing compensator that compensates for fluctuations in the overall depth of water the anchor is deployed in due to waves or other anomalies.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An anchoring system for a watercraft, comprising:
a first anchor having a first electronic receiver; and
a remote control including a transmitter arrangement, the remote control configured to pair with the first electronic receiver of the first anchor and a second electronic receiver of a second anchor such that the transmitter arrangement is operable in a first mode of operation to send a control signal to a select one of the first and second electronic receivers to alter only a configuration of the first anchor or the second anchor associated with the selected one of the first and second receivers via the depression of one button of the remote control; and
wherein the remote control is configured to pair with the first electronic receiver of the first anchor and the second electronic receiver of the second anchor such that the transmitter arrangement is operable in a second mode of operation to send a control signal to both the first and second electronic receivers simultaneously to alter a configuration of each of the first and second anchors simultaneously in a second mode of operation via the depression of the one button of the remote control.

2. The anchoring system of claim 1 wherein the transmitter arrangement is operable to send at least a first and a second electronic control signal, the remote control further including an anchor selector switch, the anchor selector switch operable to configure the transmitter arrangement to send at least one of the first and second electronic control signals.

3. The anchoring system of claim 2 , wherein the remote control is operable to send the first and second electronic control signals directly to the first and second electronic receivers such that the first and second electronic control signals do not have interaction with the other ones of the first and second anchors as the first and second electronic control signals are transmitted to the first and second anchors, respectively.

4. The anchoring system of claim 3 , wherein the first anchor, second anchor and remote control are configured such that the first anchor alters a length thereof only in response to the first electronic control signal and not the second electronic control signal and the second anchor only alters a length thereof in response to the second electronic control signal and not the first electronic control signal.

5. The anchoring system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic control signal is sent wirelessly from the remote control.

6. The anchoring system of claim 2 , wherein the first and second electronic control signals are identical in the second mode of operation.

7. The anchoring system of claim 1 , wherein the remote control includes at least one button, the remote control and transmitter arrangement configured to send the electronic control signal only after multiple depressions of the at least one button in rapid succession.

8. The anchoring system of claim 1 , wherein the remote control includes at least one button, the first anchor configured such that, upon depression and immediate release of the at least one button, the first anchor will transition from a fully retracted state to a fully deployed state.

9. The anchoring system of claim 8 , wherein the first anchor is configured such that, upon depression and immediate release of the at least one button, the first anchor will transition from a fully deployed state to a fully retracted state.

10. A method for operating an anchoring system, comprising the steps of:
pairing a remote control with a first electronic receiver of a first anchor;
pairing the remote control with a second electronic receiver of a second anchor;
sending an electronic control signal directly to at least one of a first anchor and the second anchor to:
in a first mode of operation, control the first anchor independently of the second anchor to initiate an alteration in a length of the first anchor relative to a length of the second anchor via the depression of one button of the remote control; or
in a second mode of operation, control the first and second anchors simultaneously to initiate an alteration in length of the first and second anchors simultaneously via the depression of the one button of the remote control.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the step of sending the electronic control signal in the second mode of operation includes sending an identical electronic control signal to both the first and second anchors from the remote control.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the step of sending the electronic control signal in the second mode of operation includes sending a first electronic control signal to the first anchor and a second electronic control signal to the second anchor, the first and second electronic control signals different from one another.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising a step of selecting, with the remote control, one of the first and second anchors to be controlled by the remote control, and sending the first electronic control signal when the first anchor is selected and sending the second electronic control signal when the second anchor is selected.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the step of sending the electronic control signal is initiated by depressing the one button of the remote control and releasing the one button.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the step of sending the electronic control signal is initiated by depressing the one button of the remote control multiple times in rapid succession.

Assignees

• Bernloehr Darrel A
• Beamer Gregory Paul
• Samek David M
• Johnson Outdoors Inc

Inventors

• Bernloehr Darrel A
• Beamer Gregory Paul
• Samek David M

Classifications

• B63B34/05

  Vessels specially adapted for hunting or fishing · CPC title

• B63B2221/24

  by means that allow one or more degrees of translational freedom, e.g. telescopic joints, not otherwise provided for in this class · CPC title

• B63B21/26 Primary

  securing to bed · CPC title

• B63B21/24 Primary

  Anchors · CPC title

• B63B21/30

  rigid when in use {(B63B21/28 takes precedence)} · CPC title