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US 2006/0179707 A1Published application
Fishing line release system
OwnerKevin Brinker, Holly Mooreinventors
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Abstract
A fishing line release system is disclosed. The fishing line release system includes a fishing line quick release mechanism that may be used in conjunction with a planar device for trolling or may alternatively be used with a down rigger cable and weight when used in down rigger fishing. When used in conjunction with the planar device, the system may be used for directional trolling. The planar device comprises a planar body, the fishing line quick release mechanism attached to the planar body, and a line locking assembly for securing a portion of a fishing line to the planar body. When used in conjunction with a down rigger cable and weight, the quick release mechanism may be used either on the down rigger cable or may be attached to the down rigger weight.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
21:
- A fishing line release system, the system comprising:
- a fishing line having a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion, said first end having a fishing hook attached thereto;
- a fishing line quick-release, said release including a housing having a pocket defined therein, said release further including a butterfly assembly for capturing and retaining said intermediate portion of said fishing line, said butterfly assembly being pivotably attached to said housing and movable between a fishing line capturing position in which said butterfly assembly is substantially positioned within said pocket of said housing and a fishing line releasing position in which said butterfly assembly is substantially positioned outside of said pocket of said housing, said butterfly assembly including a pair of generally elongated plates, each of said plates having a hinged side, said butterfly assembly further including a hinge fixed to said hinged sides of said elongated plates to hinge said plates together, said housing further including a butterfly plate separator which urges said plates to move away from one another when moved from said fishing line capturing position to said fishing line releasing position;
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- a quick-release support to which said quick-release is fixedly attached,
- whereby said intermediate portion of said fishing line is captured and held by said butterfly assembly when said butterfly assembly is in said fishing line capturing position and whereby said intermediate portion of said fishing line is released from said butterfly assembly when said butterfly assembly is in said fishing line releasing position.
3 more elements
22:
- The fishing line release system of claim 21, wherein each of said elongated plates includes an inner side, said inner side being lined with a fishing line gripping material.
23:
- The fishing line release system of claim 21, wherein said pocket of said housing Is defined by a pair of spaced-apart walls and said housing further includes a tension adjusting system.
24:
- The fishing line release system of claim 23 wherein said tension adjusting system comprises a threaded element for adjusting the space between said spaced-apart walls of said housing.
25:
- The fishing line release system of claim 21 wherein said quick-release support is a down rigger weight.
26:
- The fishing line release system of claim 21, wherein said quick-release support is a planar diving device, said planar device comprising a substantially planar body and an attachment point for attachment of said quick-release.
27:
- The fishing device of claim 26, wherein said planar diving device includes a line locking mechanism for lockably holding said intermediate portion of said fishing line in conjunction with said quick-release, said line locking mechanism including a fishing line lock and a pivoting member, said fishing line lock being attached to said pivoting member, said pivoting m member being pivotably attached to said planar body, whereby said line locking mechanism retains the fishing line regardless of whether said quick-release is in said fishing capturing position or in said fishing line releasing position.
28:
- The fishing device of claim 27, wherein said line locking mechanism is a spring.
29:
- The fishing device of claim 27, wherein said pivoting member further includes a tensioning arm, said planar diving device further including a sliding tensioner attached to said planar body for adjusting the tension applied to said tensioning arm.
30:
- The fishing device of claim 27, further including a float attached to said planar body.
31:
- The fishing device of claim 27, further including a light.
32:
- The fishing device of claim 27, further including one or more weights attached to said planar body.
33:
- The fishing device of claim 32, wherein said one or more weights are attached to said planar body by a fastener.
34:
- The fishing device of claim 32, wherein said one or more weights are slidably attached to said planar body.
35:
- A fishing line release system, the system comprising:
- a fishing line, said fishing line having a hook end and an intermediate portion;
- a fishing line quick-release, said release including a housing having a pocket defined therein, said release further including a butterfly assembly for capturing and retaining said intermediate portion of said fishing line, said butterfly assembly being pivotably attached to said housing and movable between a fishing line capturing position in which said butterfly assembly is substantially positioned within said pocket of said housing and a fishing line releasing position in which said butterfly assembly is substantially positioned outside of said pocket of said housing, said butterfly assembly including a pair of generally elongated plates, each of said plates having a hinged side, said butterfly assembly further including a hinge fixed to said hinged sides of said elongated plates to hinge said plates together, said housing further including a butterfly plate separator which urges said plates to move away from one another when moved from said fishing line capturing position to said fishing line releasing position;
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- a fishing device, said device including a body and a line locking mechanism for lockably holding said intermediate portion of said fishing line in conjunction with said quick-release, said line locking mechanism including a fishing line lock and a pivoting member, said fishing line lock being attached to said pivoting member, said pivoting member being pivotably attached to said body, whereby said line locking mechanism retains the fishing line regardless of whether said quick-release is in said fishing capturing position or in said fishing line releasing position,
- whereby said intermediate portion of said fishing line is captured and held by said butterfly assembly when said butterfly assembly is in said fishing line capturing position and whereby said intermediate portion of said fishing line is released from said butterfly assembly when said butterfly assembly is in said fishing line releasing position.
3 more elements
36:
- The fishing line release system of claim 35, wherein said body of said fishing device is substantially planar.
37:
- The fishing device of claim 36, wherein said pivoting member further includes a tensioning arm, said planar diving device further including a sliding tensioner attached to said planar body for adjusting the tension applied to said tensioning arm.
38:
- A diver for use with a fishing line having a fishing CD hook, the diver comprising:
- a substantially planar, disk-shaped body, the body having a top side and a bottom side, said body including a ball receiver formed on said top side;
- a line locking assembly for selectively securing a first portion of the fishing line to said body;
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- a quick release assembly for releasably holding a second portion of the fishing line and for the quick release of the fishing line upon striking of the fishing hook by a fish, said quick release assembly including a ball and a shaft extending from said ball, said ball being pivotably within said ball receiver, said shaft extending through said body, the second portion of the fishing line being releasably attached to said shaft.
2 more elements
39:
- The diver of claim 38, wherein said body includes a side, said side having a notch defined therein, and wherein said line locking assembly further includes a locking member, said locking member being removably attached to said notch defined in said body.
40:
- The diver of claim 38, wherein said shaft of said quick release assembly includes a ball attachment end and a quick release clip end, said quick release assembly further including a quick release clip fitted to said quick release clip end of said shaft, said quick release clip being adjustably fitted to said shaft whereby said quick release clip may be adjusted in position along the length of said shaft to a position closer to or further from said ball.