Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
043440900 | With line passing through center of body | 21 |
20080209795 | FISHING FLOAT OR STRIKE INDICATOR AND ATTACHMENT METHODS - A float may be used as a strike indicator for fly fishing and may be attached without hooks, clamps, grommets, rubbery gripping members, or tying of the line/leader. Instead, the float is attached by friction/interference fit onto a line or leader, preferably by sliding the float up the leader to a thicker-diameter portion of the leader to cause a sufficiently tight fit between the leader and an axial bore in the float. The bore may be tapered in diameter, may have a constant diameter, may have a significantly reduced or tapered diameter or another restriction in a portion(s) of the bore, and/or may have an enlarged end opening, for example. A slot may be provided from the outer surface of the float to the bore. The slot may be a straight slot, a Z-shaped slot, or other circuitous slot including curved, non-planar slots. This way, in addition to the friction/interference between the leader and the surface of the axial bore through the float, there is resistance to the leader sliding out through the slot. | 09-04-2008 |
20100281757 | TWO PART SLIP BOBBER AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY - The invention is directed to a fishing bobber includes an upper float portion and a lower float portion. The upper float portion includes an outer surface terminating at one end in a first opening of a first diameter and terminating at a second end in a second opening of a second, larger diameter and having a tube extending from the first opening in the direction of the second opening. The lower float portion includes an outer surface terminating at one end in a first opening of a first diameter and terminating at a second end in a second opening of a second, larger diameter and having a tube extending from the first opening in the direction of the second opening. Mating the second opening of the upper float portion to the second opening of the lower float portion causes the tube of the upper float portion to mate with the tube of the lower float portion to form a channel passing through the combined first and second portions and a joint formed between the upper float portion and the lower float portion and between the tubes results in a cavity. The bobber may be formed using ultrasonic welding. | 11-11-2010 |
20120131843 | FISHING FLOAT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A fishing float having a buoyant body member and a central slot extending along the length of the body member. A flexible clasp member is inserted within the central slot of the body member. A fishing line is inserted within the flexible clasp member, frictionally securing the fishing line within the slot. The fishing float can be easily and quickly attached to fishing line, or removed from the fishing line, without damaging or impairing the fishing line. | 05-31-2012 |
20120180376 | SLIP BOBBER - A slip bobber broadly includes a float and a securing mechanism. The float has a float body and a line retainer receiver disposed within the float body and partially extending through an exterior face thereof. The line retainer has a line retainer body with a clip and a securing mechanism disposed thereon. The securing mechanism removably secures the line retainer within the line retainer receiver. | 07-19-2012 |
20120304525 | Versatile Fishing Strike Indicator - A strike indicator has a hollow plastic spherical body with an opening through which water can flow into the body to weight the body for spin cast fishing and out of which water can be removed from the body for fly cast fishing. An easily manipulable thumbscrew can engage the opening to selectively block the opening while trapping a fishing line between a grommet on the thumbscrew and the spherical body to hold the strike indicator onto the fishing line. | 12-06-2012 |
20130133241 | In-Line Fish Teaser - A trolling teaser having a tubular hull having a circumference defined by a wall and an end cap at each end of the tubular hull, each of the end caps having a center opening to receive a fishing line, such that the fishing line passes through each of the center openings and through said tubular hull and each of the end caps having a thickness and the outer edge of each of the end caps including a groove and an o-ring within said groove for contacting the inner wall of the tubular hull when the end cap is within the tubular hull. One of the end caps having a second opening for receiving a first tube and a third opening for receiving a second tube, and the first tube and the second tube disburses fluids from within the tubular hull and the fluid is a fish oil. | 05-30-2013 |
20130283669 | Bobber for Hiding or Shielding a Hook - A bobber, including a buoyant body having a cavity at a first end connected with a passageway through the bobber, and a first shielding structure extending from the body at the first end and at least partially surrounding said cavity. When gravity and/or acceleration forces cause the bobber to slide down the fishing line, the diameter or cross-sectional dimension of the bobber body is sufficiently greater than the diameter or size of the first shielding structure to shield or hide the barbed tip of a fishing hook when a portion of the hook is disposed in the bobber cavity and the tip is disposed outside of the first shielding structure. | 10-31-2013 |
20130298443 | BALLAST WEIGHT FOR A FISHING LINE - A ballast weight for a fishing line, comprising a main body ( | 11-14-2013 |
20140250764 | FISHING FLOAT AND METHOD - An adjustable fishing float having a novel securing mechanism for attaching the float to a fishing line. In a preferred embodiment, the fishing float includes a housing formed into a spherical shape. A vertical slot is disposed on a side of the housing, extending inwardly to a central, vertical axis of the sphere. A securing mechanism may be disposed within the housing, and provides a spring biased clamp that is in operative communication with the slot, so that a fishing line may be positioned within the slot and the float may be clamped to the fishing line in a desired position. A button on the side of the housing may be used to open the clamp, in order to affix the float to the line, remove the float from the line, or to adjust the float and move it upwardly or downwardly along the fishing line. | 09-11-2014 |
20150289492 | FISHING LINE CONCEALMENT DEVICE - A device for attachment to a fishing line and capable of shearing water to create a bubble trail along a length of the fishing line. The device is preferably mounted at the beginning of a leader line and, when pulled through the water at trolling speeds, causes water shear. The device is formed from a housing having at least one aperture constructed and arranged to cause the static pressure in water passing through the aperture while at a trolling speed, wherein water is reduced to below the vapor pressure forming a gaseous state of bubbles effective for concealing a length of the fishing line. | 10-15-2015 |
20160081318 | Fishing Tackle Knot Funnel Body - An connection apparatus for fishing tackle that is adapted to allow the securement of the apparatus to a fishing line by the half-hitch, overhand knot or any other low dexterity knot through the use of a dual conical, hourglass shaped bore passing through the main body of the apparatus. The apparatus has a main body having a solid walled, dual tapered bore formed there through with an open able connection device such as split ring that extends at an angle from the linear axis of the main body. The device eliminates the need for any further fishing gear to connect a lure to a fishing line. | 03-24-2016 |
043440910 | With line-gripping means | 10 |
20080295386 | Slip weight for a fishing line - A slip-on weight | 12-04-2008 |
20090013586 | Slip Bobber Rig - A slip bobber rig having an elongated member carrying a slip bobber and a bobber stop with one end of the line securable to a fishing line and the other end of the line securable to an article of fishing tackle as well as a method of attaching a slip bobber to a fishing line without having to thread the fishing line through the slip bobber. | 01-15-2009 |
20090056197 | HOOK-SETTING DEVICE FOR FISHING - A hook-setting device, including a flange that is fixed and generally transverse to a fishing line or leader, is adapted to resist the force of a fish strike on a hook or fly and to also indicate a strike by its movement in the water. The flange preferably floats at or near the top of the water, in a partially-submerged position, with a generally concave front surface facing the hook or fly. The front surface forms an open cup-shape that partially or completely fills with water, thereby providing resistance to the flange being pulled through the water and thereby setting the hook/fly in the fish's mouth. The preferred flange also features a generally convex rear surface facing away from the hook or fly, which rear surface is the leading surface during fly-casting, reducing air resistance during the cast and contributing to proper laying-out of the fly at the end of the cast. The preferred flange is fixed to the line or leader so that it does not move relative to the line/leader during casting, lay-out, fish strike, or at any time during use. A float or other ring member may be attached to the flange, to increase adjust or orientation buoyancy of the device; preferably, the float or other ring member is preferably coaxial with the flange and fixed to the rear surface of the flange so that there is no movement of the float or ring member relative to the flange or to the line/leader. Preferably, there is no structure between the flange front surface and the fly or hook, especially no stricture that resides in, or slides into or out of the generally concave interior space of the flange, that would interfere with the interior space immediately filling with water upon lay-out and immediately providing resistance to a fish strike. | 03-05-2009 |
20090188151 | Sliding fishing float and sinker - The multi-function float/sinker of a plastic material provides either a quick attachment or removal from the fishing line | 07-30-2009 |
20100293836 | Magnetic slip bobber - The present invention is directed to a magnetic slip bobber used for connecting and disconnecting a slip bobber to a location on a fishing line. The magnetic slip bobber of the present invention includes a slip bobber selectively connected to a fishing line, where the fishing line extends through the slip bobber. The invention also includes a magnet connected to the slip bobber. An aperture is formed as part of the magnet, and the fishing line is operable for extending through the aperture formed as part of the magnet. A line-stop is mounted to the fishing line operable for being selectively connected to the magnet such that when the fishing line is cast into a body of water, the slip bobber moves along the fishing line until the line-stop contacts the magnet, thereby maintaining a predetermined depth of a hook attached to the fishing line. | 11-25-2010 |
20110056116 | FISHING LINE STOP HAVING A CHANNEL OFFSET - Fishing line stops are disclosed. Fishing line stops illustratively include a lid and a main body. The lid has inner and outer walls. The lid outer wall forms a portion of an outer surface of the fishing line stop. The lid inner wall has first and second surfaces. The lid inner wall first and second surfaces are separated from each other by a lid offset that runs perpendicular to a central longitudinal axis. The main body has inner and outer walls. The main body inner wall forms another portion of the outer surface of the fishing line stop. The main body inner wall has first and second surfaces. The main body inner wall first and second surfaces are separated from each other by a main body offset that runs perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis. | 03-10-2011 |
20110225872 | Sinker for Fishing - A sinker or float that releasably clamps around a line, such as a fishing line, including two members shaped to define a channel for the line when in a closed position. A locking means is provided to releasably lock the two members in the closed position. Each of the members has at least a portion of high or low density material to provide a sinking or floating effect. A jacket may be provided that retains the high or low density material therein. The jacket may also include a hinge portion such that the two members can be hingedly opened and closed. | 09-22-2011 |
20120023807 | FISHING FLOAT OR STRIKE INDICATOR AND ATTACHMENT METHODS - A float and/or strike indicator for fly fishing may be attached by friction/interference fit onto a line or leader, by sliding the float up the leader to a thicker-diameter portion of the leader for a tight fit between the leader and an axial bore in the float. The bore may be tapered in diameter, may have a constant diameter, may have a significantly reduced or tapered diameter or another restriction in a portion(s) of the bore, and/or may have an enlarged end opening, for example. The floats may include one or more protrusions into which a small diameter end of the axial bore extends, and, during installation on the line/leader, the protrusion may be removed but snapping or cutting to reveal the bore so that that line/leader may be inserted all the way through the float and accessed at the small diameter end of the bore. | 02-02-2012 |
20140157652 | Removable Fishing Bead - An improved bead ( | 06-12-2014 |
20150013211 | FLY-FISHING FLOAT OR STRIKE INDICATOR AND ATTACHMENT METHODS - A fly fishing float and/or strike indicator is attached by an interference fit to a leader, by sliding the float up the leader to a thicker-diameter portion of the leader for a tight fit, and preferably a leader-compressing fit, between the leader and an axial bore in the float. A bore surface, that is non-compressible and/or less compressible than the leader, may be supplied as an insert around which a buoyant main body of the float is formed. The insert may also have features that prevent separation of the main body from the insert and that help transmit force on the main body to the bore surface for quick and efficient securement of the float to the leader by the interference fit. | 01-15-2015 |