Tip-up cover
AssigneePure Fishing, Inc.
InventorTimothy S. Makos
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Abstract
A tip-up cover is provided that may be used during ice fishing. The tip-up cover may be set over a hole made in the ice during ice fishing to protect the hole from wind and snow. The tip-up cover may include a transparent lid such that a user can view the interior of the tip-up cover without opening the cover. Also, the lid allows a user to adjust a spool within the tip-up cover without requiring the user to completely remove the cover from the ice hole. Finally, the tip-up cover includes a flag and a bite-indicator light that provide visual cues to the user when a fish is caught on the line attached to the spool.
Claims12
A cover that overlays an ice hole during fishing, the cover comprising:
- a base;
- a top portion coupled to the base, the top portion further including a first aperture positioned and located at a first end of the top portion;
- at least one indicator affixed to at least one of the top portion and the base;
- a spool retained within an interior of the base and accessible through the first aperture,
- wherein the at least one indicator is activated by rotation of the spool;
- and
- an aerator retained within the cover, the aerator adapted to pump air into the ice hole.
A cover comprising:
- a body;
- a cylinder coupled to the body, the cylinder adapted for affixing a first end of a fishing line to the cover;
- at least one indicator positioned and located on the body;
- a trip bar with a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position, the trip bar is coupled to the cylinder and the at least one indicator is not activated, and wherein in the second position, the trip bar is decoupled from the cylinder and the at least one indicator is activated;
- and
- an aerator retained within the cover, the aerator adapted to pump air into the ice hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.