Submerged current indicator
OwnerJoseph Puglisi, Cameron McDonaldinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus (10) adapted to indicate the direction of water current at a pre-determined depth of water, including a floating device (20) and a weighted sail member (24) connected (26) thereto. The floating device (20) acting as a visual indicator at the surface to users as to the direction of water current at the depth of the weighted sail member (24), the sail member (24) being of a weight and configuration to drag the floating device (20) without submerging it. A fisherman commencing a berley trail (18) at a particular depth of water can use the apparatus (10) to determine which direction to cast bait.
Claims17
An apparatus for indicating a direction of current at a desired depth in a body of water, said apparatus characterized by:
- a floating means adapted to float on a surface of said body of water;
- and a water capturing means in connection with said floating means, said water capturing means adapted to be submerged to said desired depth beneath the surface of water for capturing moving water at that depth and thereby moving said floating means in the direction of said moving water.
An apparatus for indicating to a person a direction of water current at a desired depth of water, said apparatus characterised by:
- a floating indicator that is visible to said person;
- and a weighted sail in connection with said floating indicator through a tether of a length corresponding with said desired depth, said sail configured to be moved by the force of the water current in the direction of the water current to thereby also move the floating indicator in the direction of the water current, despite the direction of water current generally above or below said desired depth.
A berley trail indication apparatus for indicating to a fisherman a direction in which a berley trail is moving when commenced at a pre-determined depth of water, said berley trail indication apparatus characterized by:
- a floating indicator that is visible to the fisherman;
- a berley source adapted to be submerged in the water to the pre-determined depth;
- a weighted sail in connection with said floating indicator through a tether of a length slightly greater than said pre-determined depth, said weighted sail configured to be moved by the force of the water current in the direction of the water current to thereby also move the floating indicator in the same direction, this indicating to the fisherman the general direction in which the berley trail is moving at that depth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.