Fishing float or sinker
AssigneeWorld Angler Fishing Products, LLC
InventorsMatt Knickrehm, Tim Mansell
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Abstract
A strike indicator float or sinker having a rigid insert having two opposing hemispherical clamping sections. The sections are joined by a hinge, preferably a living hinge. Each opposing section has an internal face configured for positioning thereon a fishing line. The opposing surfaces form a generally flat section and recessed flat section that are configured for mating engagement. The flat sections may have an overlayment of rubber or molded plastic to increase friction between a fishing line positioned in the opposing flat section. The flat sections provide for lateral adjustability of the fishing line relative to the center of the device.
Claims15
A device for attachment to a fishing line, said device comprising:
- a spherical body divided along a diametral plane into two opposing hemispheres, wherein said two opposing hemispheres are hingedly connected to hingedly open and close said spherical body from a closed position to an open position, wherein each of said hemispheres comprises an opposing interior face of a pair of opposing interior faces, wherein one of said opposing interior faces comprises an elongate protrusion, wherein the second of said opposing interior faces comprises an elongate recess configured for mating engagement with said elongate protrusion when said hemispheres are in said closed position, wherein said elongate recess and said elongate protrusion are configured for mating engagement such that a fishing line is secured between opposing surfaces of said elongate protrusion and said elongate recess when said spherical body is in said closed position, wherein said opposing surfaces are oriented parallel to the diametral plane of said spherical body when the two hemispheres are in the closed position such that the interior faces are configured to provide lateral adjustability of the fishing line relative to the center of the spherical body and parallel to said diametral plane of said spherical body;
- a locking tab connected to one of said hemispheres;
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- a locking flange attached to the second of said hemispheres, wherein said locking tab is configured to engage said locking flange to retain said hemispherical portions in said closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.