US 12,258,099 B2
Anchor stowage safety system
Joseph Raffaele Spatola, Middletown, CT (US)
Filed by Joseph Raffaele Spatola, Middletown, CT (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/862,775.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/203,239, filed on Jul. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0012717 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B63B 21/22 (2006.01); B63B 21/04 (2006.01); B63B 21/20 (2006.01); G08B 21/24 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 21/22 (2013.01) [B63B 21/04 (2013.01); B63B 21/20 (2013.01); G08B 21/24 (2013.01); B63B 2021/203 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anchor stowage safety system comprising:
an anchor stowage device mounted to a boat for securing an anchor therein; and
a contactless switch comprising:
a first contact half disposed on a portion of an anchor rode; and
a second contact half mounted to the anchor stowage device at a predetermined position;
wherein the contactless switch is in a closed position with the anchor in a safely stowed position within the anchor stowage device; and
wherein the contactless switch is in an open position when the anchor is not in the safely stowed position within the anchor stowage device.