| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 043440970 | Sinkers with guards or retrieving features | 7 |
| 20080250696 | SNAG-RESISTANT SINKER LINE SHIELD - A line shield has a tube that can be secured with respect to a sinker to guide the sinker over submerged obstructions. The tube has a tube passage, through which a line attached to the sinker passes, and terminates at a tube leading end and a tube trailing end. The tube is preferably secured to the sinker by a resilient hood having a hood passage sized to frictionally fit over the tube trailing end, and to frictionally fit over an eye of the sinker or a connecting element attached thereto, such as a snap. The frictional engagement of the resilient hood with the eye and the tube trailing end maintains the tube in close proximity to the sinker or connecting element. In use, the tube leading end is raised so that the tube acts as a ramp-shaped deflector to guide the sinker over obstructions. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090100741 | Fishing sinker - A fishing sinker with a curved bottom surface in which concavity(s) is formed in the upper part for attaching bait or simulated bait, thus having a shape that the upper part of the sinker is lighter and the lower part is heavier. A tapered through-hole that passes through the concavity at an angle with respect to the centerline passing through the center of gravity of the sinker is provided in the sinker, and also a detachable fish luring member and underwater fin are attached to the sinker. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20110041380 | FISHING SINKER - A fishing sinker includes a tumbled limestone body and an element for attaching the limestone body to a fishing line. The element for attaching the limestone body to a fishing line can include: a break-away swivel fastener including a stem in a cavity of the limestone body, an eyelet, and a swivel body coupling the stem to the eyelet, an eyelet including a loop portion and a twisted portion, or a tongue and groove fastener. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110047857 | WEED RESISTANT FISHING WEIGHT AND METHOD - A weight to facilitate weed resistant fishing is disclosed. Embodiments include a biconically-tapered weight shaped to define a relatively centrally located aperture, an off-center exit aperture, surrounded by a lip, wherein the weight has a channel where conventional fishing line may pass through the top of the weight, through the channel, and out an exit aperture. With tension on the line, a portion of the hook enters the lip and the hook is relatively shielded from accumulating weeds on decent through a weed mass. A variety of methods disclose manipulating a conventional fishing rod and line with the subject weight. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110214335 | FISHING SINKER FOR PREVENTING LOSS THEREOF - Disclosed is a fishing sinker for preventing a loss thereof, and capable of preventing the contamination of fresh water or seawater and easily adjusting the height of the fishing sinker. The fishing sinker comprises a weight, an environment-friendly resin layer made of a biodegradable polyester and laminated on an outer surface of the weight in a predetermined thickness, and a plurality of linear protrusions formed at an outer surface of the environment-friendly resin layer. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20120011763 | RELEASABLE FISHING SINKER ASSEMBLY - A fishing sinker assembly is provided including a weighted body and an elongated insert. The weighted body includes a throughbore defining a cavity extending between two openings. The elongated insert extends through the cavity and includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a middle portion. The proximal end includes a connecting means for connecting the fishing sinker to a fishing line. The distal end is larger than the size of at least one of the openings, wherein the distal end prevents the body from being slidably removed over the distal end. The middle potion includes a breakaway segment positioned within the cavity. The breakaway segment has a tensile strength less than that of the proximal end, distal end and fishing line attached to the proximal end such that added tension will cause the breakaway segment to selectively break prior to breaking of the proximal end, distal end or fishing line. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20150075059 | Quick Release Reusable Sandbag Sinker - A fishing sinker consisting of a cloth bag which is open at the top. The bag is partially filled and then the upper part of the bag is gathered together and closed by means of an eye pin and rubber band attached to the eye of the eye pin. The eye pin is laid across the gathered fabric then the rubber band is pulled around the gathered fabric and over the end of the eye pin to provide closure. The bag can thus be emptied and retrieved by pulling firmly on the fishing line, which is also attached to the metal pin, which is tethered to the bottom of the bag. | 03-19-2015 |
