Anchor DIY

[Bonaparte-eu]

Mantus anchor is not registered patent or name

[Bonaparte-eu]

This anchor with logo “M” was testing anchor.

[double u]

...wasn't this megalomaniac that took on the world & in the end had to be exiled to St. Helena, after he had suceeded in killing 3,5 million people in" his" wars, called "Bonaparte"???

[Hobiehobie]

Originally Posted by Bonaparte-eu

Mantus anchor is not registered patent or name

MANTUS ANCHOR PATENT U.S. 283-0217

[Bonaparte-eu]

I am in EU not in U.S.

Ps.U.S. Patent is pending. Is not aprooved

This is for personal use not for selling.

[sailjumanji]

Originally Posted by Bonaparte-eu

I am in EU not in U.S.

Ps.U.S. Patent is pending. Is not aprooved

This is for personal use not for selling.

Those three statements say a lot about your character. Also, how is it "personal use" when you publish autocad and cutting files for everyone else to copy the Mantus anchor? (And "no", I am not actually looking for an answer to that question.)

[Bonaparte-eu]

Mantus anchor is copy of BÜgel anchor with some modification.

There is biger diference between storm and Mantus than Mantus and Bugel.

[Jim Cate]

Mantus anchor is copy of BÜgel anchor with some modification.

And the Bugel anchor copied Bruce's patented idea of the roll bar...

Jim

[thinwater]

Originally Posted by Bonaparte-eu

I am in EU not in U.S.

Ps.U.S. Patent is pending. Is not approved

This is for personal use not for selling.

That fact that you are EU does not make it ethical. Neither do the other technicalities. Your invention should sufficiently different so as not to infringe. Although you have made some changes, you have intentionally copied many features. If you did not believe the features had intrinsic value, why did you copy them. Thus, you are mindfully incorporating patented ideas because you believe they are valuable.

Publicly distributing plans that encourage people to copy a patented design is a violation of law. It is not necessary to sell the units for the action to be illegal. In principle, this is similar to posting copyrighted material, which is just as illegal as copying a book.

Just a few things to think about.

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Finally, few anchors are really "better." They simply made different compromises than others did. Mantus, Rocna, Manson Supreme, and Spade are all excellent, and each one of them is better than the others at something. Your anchor is probably somewhat in the mix.

[thinwater]

Originally Posted by Bonaparte-eu

Mantus anchor is copy of BÜgel anchor with some modification.

There is biger diference between storm and Mantus than Mantus and Bugel.

The Bugel patented was expired when the copying was done. That is a very big difference. The second statement is silly on the face of it.

[44'cruisingcat]

Originally Posted by Suijin

"This anchor is specially designed and will not unhook from the ground."

I stopped paying much attention after this....

Yeah, me too. At some stage you're gonna want to move to another anchorage, and I can't afford to leave anchors behind everywhere...

[StuM]

Originally Posted by 44'cruisingcat

Yeah, me too. At some stage you're gonna want to move to another anchorage, and I can't afford to leave anchors behind everywhere...

Reminds me of the old joke:

Charter "captain" to charter base on day 4 of charter:

"Please send a boat out with another anchor. we've used the three that came with the boat "

[JPA Cate]

It seems to me that some of the problem with this is whether or not the addition of slots and holes makes this a new anchor.

Another is that the OP is not writing in his first language, and I think we should cut him some slack because of that. I sure as heck can't write in any of the Scandanavian languages.

Ann

[a64pilot]

He shot himself in the foot by saying right out in front of God and Country that it was a Mantus copy.

[travellerw]

As a multiple patent holder.. This thread makes me laugh.

So many people have no idea how a patent works, or even what it is.. Someone even posted the patent number, but obviously never went and looked at the actual patent filing. That patent number doesn't even bring anything up on the patent website. Not even pending status!

No matter, for the guy who posted the design and cutting files. EXCELLENT, GOOD WORK. As long as you are releasing it for personal use and not selling a product, or the design files, you are doing exactly %100 what a patent is intended for. You are not doing anything illegal or "unethical" at all.