1980-11-24
1983-07-26
Basinger, Sherman D.
Ships
Anchor
Fluke type
114310, B63B 2134
Patent
active
043948421
ABSTRACT:
An anchor having a twin fluke comprising closed hollow double-plate fluke structures, a shank hinged between the flukes substantially in the gravity center of the fluke, fluke angle delimiters on either side of the hinge, rear stabilizers at the side edges of the fluke, front stabilizers in the form of forwardly and outwardly diverging fluke finger tips, and wings connecting the fluke angle delimiters and each of the rear stabilizers, the wings diverge rearwardly and converge outwardly towards the rear stabilizers. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the wings are located substantially rearwardly of the fluke with the rear stabilizers diverging rearwardly and inwardly to their intersection with the wings.
REFERENCES:
patent: 957621 (1910-05-01), Neal
patent: 2354666 (1944-08-01), Danforth
patent: 3902446 (1975-09-01), van den Haak
patent: 3964421 (1976-06-01), van den Haak
patent: 4029040 (1977-06-01), Klaren
Basinger Sherman D.
Marn Louis E.
Olstein Elliot M.
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