| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 043440870 | Selectively free sliding or fixed on line | 7 |
| 20090049735 | Trapped air strike indicator and fly - A fishing device for indicating a lure strike from fishes is disclosed. The device may be a strike indicator that may include a hollow body filled with trapped air, where the strike indicator includes a tab having an opening formed therein and a grommet made from a hard, durable material seated in the opening. Alternatively, the device may be a fishing lure that may be attachable to a fishing hook and having a hollow body filled with trapped air and an attachment mechanism for attaching the lure to the fishing leader and/or fishing line. For example, the fishing lure may be a fishing fly having a hollow body filled with trapped air. In either embodiment, the device may be made from a lightweight, resilient material, for example ethylene vinyl acetate or other similar thermoplastic material. Further, in either embodiment, the hollow body may be substantially sealed with a substantially water tight seal without any inlet or outlet to the hollow body, such that substantially no liquid can displace the trapped air. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20100031554 | Plastic fishing cork - The plastic fishing cork is a bobber or float having the shape of an inverted cone. The fishing cork tapers to a point at the lower end, and has a concave upper surface for generating a “popping” noise to attract fish when a fisherman jerks the line. A ring for connecting the fishing cork to the fishing line is centered on the concave upper surface. The fishing cork has a second ring is attached on the lower point of the fishing cork for connecting to a leader holding the hook and bait. The plastic fishing cork has a hollow interior chamber that contains a plurality of rattle chambers that attract the attention of a fish. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100293835 | REVERSIBLY DISENGAGING SLIDABLE STRIKE INDICATOR, POSITIONING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF USING SAME - Particular aspects provide novel strike indicators and line-stop members that are attachable to fishing lines, and that are reversibly disengagable therefrom and thereafter slidably along the line. Particular embodiments comprise: a buoyant main body having an axial channel with corresponding end surface openings; a retention member seat in the main body surface; and at least one line retention member receivable and retainable by the seat, and operative with the seat to retain a line passing therebetween at two points. The retention member is displaceable from the seat by sufficient line tension, thereby disengaging the slidable strike indicator. Particular embodiments comprise at least one line-stop member attachable at a user-selectable line position, and operative to attach, or delimit a slidable range of a disengaged slidable strike indicator. Novel methods for fishing, with a slidable reversibly detachable indicator, at a depth greater than the length of a fishing rod are presented. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20130008077 | COUPLING MEANS FOR A SINKER OR WEIGHT - The present innovation refers to a coupling means ( | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130145676 | Slip Bobber Rig - The invention relates to a stem guide that is configured to receive a replaceable cartridge. The stem guide includes a cartridge receiving end having a cartridge attachment means for attaching the cartridge to the stem guide in a manner that the cartridge can be removed from the stem guide without causing an amount of damage to either the cartridge or the stem guide which prevents either the cartridge or stem guide from being used again. The stem guide may be provided in a kit form with a variety of replaceable floats, scent sticks and light sticks. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20140237891 | UNIVERSAL FISHING WEIGHT AND METHOD OF USE - A weight assembly for engagement with a fishing line, the assembly includes a first structure having a first structure contact surface, the first structure contact surface formed having a first set of two or more channels disposed in the first structure contact surface, a second structure having a second structure contact surface formed having a second set of two or more channels disposed in the second structure contact surface, wherein the first member contact surface of the first structure member is configured to engage the second structure contact surface, and wherein the first set of two or more channels disposed in the first structure contact surface and the second set of two or more channels disposed in the second structure contact surface are aligned to form two or more passageways therethrough and, functions to releasably affix to a fishing line as either a fixed sinker or as a sliding sinker. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140250765 | Quick Release Fishing Bobber - The method of attaching a bobber to a fishing line is performed by using pressure applied to two elongated flat surfaces to pinch the line, and a method to tie a knot in the line so that there is a thicker portion of the line to apply the attaching pressure. When the fish is snagged on the hook, the line tension pulls the knot apart and only a single line thickness is left between the two pressure surfaces. This allows the line to slip between the two pressure surfaces, provided the pressure surfaces do not significantly close their gap when the knot is pulled out. | 09-11-2014 |
