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US 2026/0223825 A1Published application
Spring-free floating device for locking about a fishing line
OwnerEdward Scott Carlson, Charles A Lanagerinventors
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Abstract
The present invention provides a floating locking device that includes two components that thread together adjacent the external perimeter, and an internal central locking mechanism that includes a compressing closing section and a receiving opening section (male and female) that can lock the device at a desired location on a fishing line.
Claims10
A floating locking device comprising:
- a buoyant housing having two mating threaded sections, and
- a centrally located compression section interior to the buoyant housing.
A spring-free floating device for locking about a fishing line, said device comprising:
- (i) a first housing component having a first internally threaded section and a first compression section, and
- (ii) a second housing component having a second threaded section for mating with the first threaded section of the first housing component, said second housing component also having a second compression section for mating with the first compression section of the first housing component, said first compression section and said second compression section adapted for engaging with and at least temporarily locking the device about the fishing line, said first housing component and said second housing component including an elongated slit for allowing the fishing line to be installed inside.
A spring-free floating fishing line bobber comprising:
- (i) a first housing component having a first internally threaded section and a first compression section,
- (ii) a second housing component having a second threaded section for mating with the first threaded section of the first housing component, said second housing component also having a second compression section for mating with the first compression section of the first housing component, said first compression section and said second compression section adapted for engaging with one or more sections of fishing line to at least temporarily secure the bobber thereto and easily change a location of the bobber along the fishing line;
- (iii) to render the device watertight, at least one of:
- (a) an O-ring component for between the first housing component and the second housing component;
- and (b) a rubber washer;
- and
- (iv) at least one of:
- (i) a sound emitting element, (ii) a noisemaker and (iii) one or more weight elements.
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