US 12,103,648 B2
Boat anchor monitoring system
Richard A. Seltzer, Knoxville, TN (US); and Granvil Radcliffe, Knoxville, TN (US)
Filed by Richard A. Seltzer, Knoxville, TN (US); and Granvil Radcliffe, Knoxville, TN (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/235,539.
Application 18/235,539 is a continuation of application No. 17/764,258, granted, now 11,772,757, previously published as PCT/US2021/065429, filed on Dec. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/135,705, filed on Jan. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0391427 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B63B 21/24 (2006.01); B63B 45/04 (2006.01); B63B 79/10 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01)
CPC B63B 45/04 (2013.01) [B63B 21/24 (2013.01); B63B 79/10 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A boat anchor monitoring system comprising:
an anchor module operable to transmit a signal on a schedule,
wherein the signal comprises a data payload having an identifier value corresponding to the anchor module,
a base module operable to receive the signal from the anchor module, wherein the base module comprises a processor,
wherein the processor is operable to determine the strength of the received signal and compare the strength of the received signal to a predetermined value,
wherein, when the strength of the signal exceeds, or is equal to the predetermined value, the processor determines the anchor is not deployed,
wherein, when the strength of the signal is less than the predetermined value, the processor determines the anchor is deployed.