Anchor silencer and boat protector

Claim 2

Apparatus for use in conjunction with a boat in water and an anchor attached to the boat for anchoring the boat while in water to a relatively fixed body such as the floor of the body of water by a retractable cable affixed at one end to said anchor and at the other end to said boat, said apparatus comprising: a floatable body adapted for free movement along and about said cable whereby said body floats on the water when the anchor is lowered below the water surface, and said floatable body comprises a recessed area for engaging said anchor therein and to automatically cooperate with said anchor when it is raised via the retractable cable by rising with the anchor and shielding the anchor from other objects thereby minimizing noise and/or damage from anchor contacts with said other objects.

Claim 3

Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said floatable body comprises polyurethane material.

Claim 4

Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said floatable body has an overall circular shape with a central opening for passing the anchor cable therethrough.

Claim 5

Apparatus as in claim 3 wherein said central opening is sized to fit around an elongated shank portion of said anchor.

Claim 6

Apparatus as in claim 4 wherein the bottom side of said floatable body comprises a circularly shaped recessed area for engaging the body of said anchor therein.

Claim 7

Apparatus as in claim 1 in combination with an anchor holder adapted for attachment to said boat and in combination with said anchor.

Claim 8

Apparatus as in claim 6 wherein said anchor comprises: an upper elongated frusto-conical shank portion with a cable retaining means disposed at its smaller end, and a lower frusto-conical body portion having its wider end integrally formed with and joined to the wider end of said shank portion.

Claim 9

Apparatus as in claim 7 wherein said floatable body is disc shaped with a central opening for freely passing the anchor cable therethrough.

Claim 10

Apparatus as in claim 8 wherein said central opening is sized to fit around said shank portion of the anchor.

Claim 11

Apparatus for use in conjunction with a boat in water said apparatus being in combination with an anchor attached to the boat by a retractable cable and an anchor holder adapted for attachment to said boat, said apparatus comprising: a floatable body adapted for free movement along said cable whereby said body floats on the water when the anchor is lowered below the water surface, and said floatable body also being shaped to atuomatically cooperate with said anchor when it is raised via the retractable cable by rising with the anchor and shielding the anchor from other objects thereby minimizing noise and/or damage from anchor contacts with said other objects, wherein said anchor comprises: an upper elongated frusto-conical shank portion with a cable retaining means disposed at its smaller end, and a lower frusto-conical body portion having its wider end integrally formed with and joined to the wider end of said shank pOrtion, wherein said floatable body is disc shaped with a central opening for freely passing the anchor cable therethrough, wherein said central opening is sized to fit around said shank portion of the anchor, and wherein said floatable body also comprises a circularly shaped recess sized to fit around the said wider end of the anchor body portion.

Claim 12

Apparatus for use in conjunction with a boat in water said apparatus being in combination with an anchor attached to the boat by a retractable cable and an anchor holder adapted for attachment to said boat, said apparatus comprising: a floatable body adapted for free movement along said cable whereby said body floats on the water when the anchor is lowered below the water surface, and said floatable body also being shaped to atuomatically cooperate with said anchor when it is raised via the retractable cable by rising with the anchor and shielding the anchor from other objects thereby minimizing noise and/or damage from anchor contacts with said other objects, wherein said anchor comprises: an upper elongated frusto-conical shank portion with a cable retaining means disposed at its smaller end, and a lower frusto-conical body portion having its wider end integrally formed with and joined to the wider end of said shank pOrtion, wherein said floatable body is disc shaped with a central opening for freely passing the anchor cable therethrough, wherein said central opening is sized to fit around said shank portion of the anchor, and wherein said floatable body also comprises a circularly shaped recess sized to fit around the said wider end of the anchor body portion.