US2625898A

US2625898A - Anchor

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Publication number: US2625898A
Application number: US185559A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank W Southard
Original assignee: SOUTHARD ENTPR Inc
Current assignee: SOUTHARD ENTERPRISES Inc; SOUTHARD ENTPR Inc
Priority date: 1950-09-19
Filing date: 1950-09-19
Publication date: 1953-01-20
Anticipated expiration: 1970-01-20

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Jan. 20, 1953 w. SOUTHARD 2,625,898

ANCHOR Filed Sept. 19, 1950 ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 20, 1953 ANCHOR Frank W. Southard, Freeport, N. Y., assignor to Southard Enterprises Inc., Bellmore, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application September 19, 1950, Serial No. 185,559

2 Claims.

1 This invention relates to anchors of the type having a stock slidable in a hole in the head of the shank which can be moved from operative to folded positions, and has for its object the space I l in which it may be turned to a secured position.

Fig. 1 shows the anchor with the stock in its operative position. It will be noted that the provision of an improved anchor of this type. 5 depending end I normally holds the stock in its More particularly, my invention provides an imoperative position with the collar secured in the proved means for moving the stock from its recess ll between the lug and the head. In folded to its operative positions and for securing order to place the stock in its inoperative folded it in its operative position. position, as in Fig. 2, the stock is turned approxi- The improved anchor of my invention commately 180 to bring the slot 13 on the collar prises a hole, preferably cylindrical, in the head into mating relation with the lug l0 and the o! the shank in which the stock slides and turns, stock can then he slid through the hole *6 out a projecting lug on the head, and a collar on of its secured position. the stock with a slot or keyway through which I claim: the lug is 'slidable. The lug has a locking end- 1. An improved anchor of the type having a portion spaced from and extending parallel to shank with a head thereon, a hole in the head, the shank leaving a space between the lug and and a stock which is slida'ble and rotatable in the head for receiving the collar. The stock has the hole which comprises a lug integral with the the usual laterally disposed or bent end and the head with an end-portion spaced from the head slot in the collar and the lug are so located leaving a recess between the lug and head, a with respect to each other that when the bent collar on the stock having a slot which, when end points towards the arms of the anchor the the lug and slot are in coincident relation, percollar is secured in the space between the head mits the collar to slide over the lug end-portion and the lug. and enter the recess, whereby turning the stock Th anchor of my invention i Very simple in sets the collar in a secured position between the construction and accordingly relatively easy to d and s in the recess preventing Sliding manufacture. The important parts of the shank movement of e Stock in ts operative position and head are not weakened or encumbered with from which the 813001! y b removed by turning complicated parts and shapes which become the stock to bring the lug and slot into coincident fouled with rust and mud. 80 relation and sliding the stock to its inoperative These and other objects of the invention will folded Positionbe better understood after considering the fol- An 91101101 according o l im 1 which comlowing discussion taken in conjunction with the prises an annular c0119? mounted concentric with accompanying drawings, in which; the stock which is rotatable in the recess.

Fig. l is a perspective of an anchor embodying FRANK SOUTHARD- the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side view of Fig. 1, and REFERENCES CITED Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged view of the h ad The following references are of record in the portion of the shank of the anchor of Fig. 1. file of this p te The improved anchor of the invention com- UNITED STATES PATENTS prises the usual arms I and 2, shank 3, head 4, and stock 5. The stock is slidably mounted in gg C llama J the round hole 8 of the shank head and has a 1 gf 1902 laterally bent end 1 with a knob to prevent it 1 036275 912 from passing through the hole. 426639 i 1 22 The head of the shank has an integral lug urgls me 2 19 l 865 163 Bedell June 28 1932 I0 with a rectangularly shaped recess ll formed 2,091,472 Douglas Aug. 31 1937 between the head and the lug. At approximately 2 252 Johns Aug 12 1941 the mid-point of the stock, a flat disc-like collar n I2 is permanently attached, as by welding. The FOREIGN PATENTS collar has a slot or keyway l3 shaped to slide Number Country Date over the lug I! to permit the collar to enter the 410,025 Great Britain May 10, 1934