Fish striking device
OwnerPaul Alan Cooperinventor
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Abstract
A fish striking device for attachment to a fishing rod and line having a channel body containing tension means one end of which is retained at one end of the channel and the other end of which is fixed to a trigger mechanism slidably mounted on the channel which trigger mechanism is releaseably retained on the channel and engages the line of the fishing rod such that when a fish pulls on the line the trigger mechanism is released and the line is pulled taught by the released tension means.
Claims15
A fish striking device configured for use with a fishing rod having a plurality of eyelets and fishing line, the fish striking device comprising:
- a first channel containing tension means;
- a trigger mechanism slidably mounted on the first channel, the trigger mechanism comprising:
- a latch having a free end which hooks over a stop located in the first channel and one end which pivots about a pivot point;
- a lever having one end connected to the latch and a free end, the lever being connected to the latch in a manner such that rotating the lever about the pivot point causes the latch to pivot and release the free end of the latch from the stop;
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- a pulley at the free end of the lever,
- wherein the fishing line is configured to loop from a first eyelet of the fishing rod back around the pulley at the free end of the lever and return through a second eyelet of the rod,
- wherein one end of the tension means is fixed to the trigger mechanism configured such that when a fish pulls on the fishing line, the fishing line looped around the pulley rotates the lever and releases the latch from the stop, such that the released tension means slides the trigger mechanism along the first channel and the line is pulled taught as the pulley moves with the trigger mechanism.
A fish striking device configured for use with a fishing rod having plurality of eyelets and fishing line, the fish striking device comprising:
- a moveable pulley having an engaged position and a released position, wherein the fishing line loops from a first eyelet of the fishing rod back around the moveable pulley and returns through a second eyelet of the rod, such that movement of the pulley a distance X in a direction away from the first eyelet from the engaged position to the released position, causes the fishing line to move through the second eyelet a distance 2X;
- tension means connected to the moveable pulley to bias the moveable pulley in the direction away from the first eyelet;
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- a trigger mechanism that engages the fishing line through the moveable pulley, the trigger mechanism comprising a lever and a rotatable part, the lever having one end connected to the rotatable part and a free end to which the moveable pulley is attached, the rotatable part having a catch face which mates with a stop to maintain the moveable pulley in the engaged position, wherein the lever and rotatable part pivot about a pivot point, the trigger mechanism being configured such that when a fish pulls on the fishing line, the fishing line looped around the moveable pulley causes the lever and rotatable part to pivot about the pivot point and release the catch face from the stop, such that the trigger mechanism and the moveable pulley move from the engaged position to the released position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.