US 2026/0271903 A1Published application

Fishing Bobber

AssigneeWathen Tackle LLC

InventorMichael T. Wathen

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Abstract

Current embodiments include fishing bobbers with directional buoyancy and strike sensitivity indicators, having a trunk with a top section and a bottom section, which is configured for with a plurality of line eyes for engaging a segment of a fishing line and whose structural features include, but are not limited to, the bottom section being heavier than the lighter and more buoyant top section such that in use the heavier bottom section stays submerged below the surface of the water and at least part of the top section is above the surface of the water and visible to an angler prior to a fish strike, with a geometry of such fishing bobber further characterized as an asymmetric, lobulated body with a center of mass laterally offset from a conceptual axis extending centrally through the top and bottom portions of the trunk, the offset thereby creating a cantilever-like pivot point to enhance the directional buoyancy and strike sensitivity indicators and providing an advantage to the angler compared to conventional bobbers characterized by trunks having a round and symmetric geometry.

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Dependent claims

A fishing bobber for attachment to a fishing line, comprising:

a trunk having an outer surface and an interior, wherein the trunk further comprises a proximal side, a distal side, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side;
a top portion and a bottom portion which are asymmetric relative to a horizontal plane, wherein the top portion is characterized by a buoyancy greater than a buoyancy of the bottom portion, the bottom portion characterized by a weight greater than the top portion and having a lobulated curvilinear geometric shape;
a first line eye located on the proximal side of the trunk and at least a second line eye located on the top portion of the trunk, wherein the at least two line eyes form separate openings in or along the outer surface of the trunk, wherein each line eye opening permits entry or exiting of the fishing line into, out of, or along the trunk;
wherein in operation in an aquatic environment with the fishing bobber aligned with a first axis, the trunk exhibits an unequal weight distribution laterally and vertically, from a perspective facing the first lateral side or the second lateral side of the bobber, and wherein an at least partially downward force applied to the fishing line when attached to the fishing bobber causes the trunk to rotate about a second axis which is perpendicular to the first axis.

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Application: 19/670,680Filed 7 May 2026
Priority: 18 Dec 2023
Published: 17 Sep 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

A01K 93/00
Floats for angling, with or without signalling devices
A01K 93/02
Floats for angling, with or without signalling devices: with signalling devices
A01K
Animal husbandry

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Application18/542,914Continuation in part · filed 18 Dec 2023
Application19/193,681Continuation in part · filed 29 Apr 2025
Application19/670,680Continuation in part
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