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US 2026/0293867 A1Published application
Bottom rig
OwnerShasta Marie Rennerinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a bottom rig including: (a) a metal tube; (b) a casting material within the metal tube; (c) a wire loop running through and extending beyond the casting material and the metal tube; (d) a top slide ring removably attached to a top of the wire loop; and (e) a bottom slide ring removably attached to a bottom of the wire loop. The top slide ring is removably attachable to a swivel on a fishing rod. A hook can be removably attached to the bottom slide ring. A process for making the bottom rig is also disclosed.
Claims20
A bottom rig comprising:
- a) a metal tube;
- b) a casting material within the metal tube;
- c) a wire loop running through and extending beyond the casting material and the metal tube;
- d) a top slide ring removably attached to a top of the wire loop;
- and
- e) a bottom slide ring removably attached to a bottom of the wire loop;
- wherein the top slide ring is removably attachable to a swivel on a fishing rod.
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A process for making a bottom rig, the process comprising:
- a) obtaining a metal tube, a lead object, a wire, a top slide ring, and a bottom slide ring;
- b) shaping the wire into a wire loop;
- c) inserting the wire loop into the metal tube to form a step (c) product;
- d) placing the step (c) product on a holder;
- e) heating the lead object to make a liquified lead;
- f) pouring a portion of the liquified lead into the step (c) product and allowing the portion of the liquified lead to cool into a casting material to form a step (f) product;
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- g) attaching the top slide ring to the wire loop at a top side of the step (f) product and attaching the bottom slide ring to the wire loop at a bottom side of the step (f) product,
- wherein the wire loop extends beyond a top and a bottom of the metal tube,
- wherein the bottom of the metal tube is flush with the holder and a bottom of the wire loop hangs below a slit in the holder when the step (c) product is placed on the holder,
- wherein the portion of the liquified lead is substantially contained within the metal tube, and
- wherein the step (f) product is removable from the holder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.