US 12,330,751 B2
Tension foundation for holding a buoyant object
Keith Webster, La Grange, IL (US)
Assigned to Tornado Anchors, LLC, La Grange, IL (US)
Filed by Tornado Anchors, LLC, La Grange, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/753,442.
Application 18/753,442 is a continuation of application No. 17/141,413, filed on Jan. 5, 2021, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/979,593, filed on Feb. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0343349 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. B63B 21/29 (2006.01); B63B 21/26 (2006.01); B63B 21/38 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 21/29 (2013.01) [B63B 21/26 (2013.01); B63B 21/38 (2013.01); B63B 2021/262 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
5. A tension foundation for holding a watercraft in flowing water via a tether, comprising:
a spine component selectively attached to the tether;
rotation members, wherein each of the rotation members are flat and bounded by a perimeter of rotation member edges, and wherein each of the rotation members comprise a rotation member opening located substantially in a center of the each of the rotation members through which the spine component is located in perpendicular orientation to the each of the rotation members, the rotation members further comprising:
first rotation members, and
second rotation members that are different than the first rotation members;
wherein the each of the rotation members operatively rotate about the spine component via the rotation member opening substantially independent of each other such that at least one of the rotation member edges of at least one of the rotation members interfaces with a portion of a riverbed to distribute a tension force between the portion of the riverbed and the watercraft via the tether;
wherein the spine component extends beyond the rotation members from a spine component distal end of the spine component to a spine component mounting end of the spine component that receives the tension force; and
wherein slats are included between each of the first rotation members and the second rotation members.