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US 4,727,672 AGranted
Artificial structure for attracting fish
AssigneeLoren G. Hill
InventorsLoren G. Hill, William H. Wilson, James J. Thompson, J. Douglas Alsup, James B. Watson
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Abstract
An artificial structure for attracting fish, which structure includes a ballast and anchoring subassembly having an elongated trunk detachably and pivotally connected thereto and extending in a generally vertical direction therefrom. A plurality of elongated leaf fronds are each centrally engaged with the trunk at longitudinally spaced intervals along the trunk.
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An artificial structure for attracting fish comprising:
- a ballast assembly for anchoring the structure at a selected location on the bottom of a body of water;
- an elongated trunk assembly constructed of a buoyant material and freely pivotally connected to the ballast assembly for pivotation about a horizontal axis as said trunk assembly undergoes movement due to motion of the water, and extending generally upwardly therefrom;
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- a plurality of leaf frond subassemblies detachably engaged with the trunk assembly, and each selectively rotatable about the longitudinal axis of said trunk assembly without concurrent rotating movement of said trunk assembly whereby the several leaf frond subassemblies can be arranged in circumferentially preselected array about the axis of said elongated trunk assembly.
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An artificial structure for attracting fish comprising:
- a ballast assembly for weighting the lower end of the structure and positioning the artificial structure at a selected location on the bottom of a body of water;
- an elongated trunk assembly freely pivotally connected to said ballast assembly for pivotation about a horizontal axis and including a plurality of axially aligned, detachably engaged elongated tubular sections;
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- a plurality of synthetic resin leaf frond subassemblies detachably engaged with said trunk assembly at axially spaced intervals therealong, each of said leaf frond subassemblies being selectively rotatable about the longitudinal axis of said trunk assembly whereby the several leaf frond subassemblies can be arranged in circumferentially preselected array about the axis of said trunk assembly, each of said leaf frond subassemblies including:
- a centrally apertured, central trunk engaging section;
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- a pair of frusto-eliptical leaf elements joined to said central trunk-engaging section on opposite sides thereof and in alignment with each other.
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An artificial structure for attracting fish comprising:
- an elongated trunk assembly including a plurality of axially aligned, elongated tubular sections detachably and telescopingly engaged in end-to-end serial relation, each of said sections having an open upper end and a closed lower end portion adapted to be slidingly and frictionally inserted in the open upper end of another of said tubular sections, and each of said tubular sections having at least one circumferentially extending, radially inwardly projecting indentation lying in a plane which extends substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of said elongated trunk;
- means for weighting the lower end of the artificial structure connected freely pivotally to the lowermost of said tubular sections;
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- a plurality of spaced, flexible, leaf frond subassemblies located at longitudinally spaced intervals along said elongated trunk assembly, and each including:
- a central trunk engaging section having a central opening therethrough receiving a tubular section of said trunk assembly and fitting into, and being engaged by, one of said indentations to thereby restrict movement of the leaf frond subassembly in an axial direction relative to said trunk assembly;
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- a pair of leaf elements joined to opposite sides of said central trunk engaging section and having a generally frusto-eliptical configuration.
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An artificial structure for attracting fish comprising:
- a ballast assembly for anchoring the structure at a selected location on the bottom of a body of water, said ballast assembly including a flexible strap movably secured thereto and projecting from the upper side of the ballast assembly;
- an elongated trunk assembly including a plurality of telescoping sections and constructed of a buoyant material, said trunk assembly having a lower end freely pivotally connected to said strap for pivotation about a horizontal axis, and connected by said strap to the remainder of said ballast assembly, said trunk assembly extending generally upwardly from said strap and said ballast assembly;
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- a plurality of flexible, buoyant leaf frond subassemblies each detachably engaged with the trunk assembly, with the several leaf frond subassemblies spaced from each other axially along the elongated trunk assembly, and each of said leaf frond subassemblies being selectively, manually, rotatable about the longitudinal axis of said trunk assembly without concurrent rotation of the trunk assembly about its longitudinal axis, each of said leaf frond subassemblies including a central section defining a portion which frictionally engages the trunk assembly to prevent rotation of the respective leaf frond subassembly under the influence of mild water motion, whereby the several leaf frond subassemblies can be arranged in a circumferentially preselected array about the axis of elongated trunk assembly without water displacement from said preselected array.
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An artificial structure for attracting fish comprising:
- a ballast means for anchoring the structure at a selected location on the bottom of a body of water;
- an elongated trunk assembly constructed of a buoyant material and having a lower end freely pivotally connected to the ballast means and extending generally upwardly therefrom, said elongated trunk assembly including a plurality of telescoped, tubular sections of polygonal cross-sectional configuration keyed against rotation about the axis of the elongated trunk assembly with respect to each other by reason of said polygonal cross-sectional configuration;
- each of said tubular sections carrying at least one circumferentially extending, radially inwardly projecting indentation also of polygonal cross-sectional configuration;
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- a plurality of leaf frond subassemblies detachably engaged with said trunk assembly, and each being selectively manually rotatable about the longitudinal axis of said trunk assembly, each of said leaf frond subassemblies comprising:
- a central trunk engaging section engaging one of said tubular trunk sections at one of said radially inwardly projecting indentations, and including flexible segments bearing against the sides of said radially, inwardly projecting indentations where said indentations are of polygonal cross-sectional configuration whereby each of said leaf frond subassemblies is frictionally engaged with said respective tubular trunk section against rotation about the longitudinal axis of said elongated trunk assembly;
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- a pair of leaf elements disposed on opposite sides of said central trunk engaging section, each of said leaf elements being longitudinally and transversely bowed for enhancing the structural strength of said leaf elements.
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An artifical structure for attracting fish comprising:
- a ballast assembly for anchoring the structure at a selected location on the bottom of a body of water;
- an elongated trunk assembly constructed of a buoyant material and pivotally connected to the ballast assembly and extending generally upwardly therefrom;
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- a plurality of leaf frond subassemblies detachably engaged with the trunk assembly, and each selectively rotatable about the longitudinal axis of said trunk assembly whereby the several leaf frond subassemblies can be arranged in circumferentially preselected array about the axis of said elongated trunk assembly;
- said ballast assembly including:
- a hollow container having two generally hemispherical halves joined to each other to form the hollow container, said container having a bottom wall defining apertures formed therethrough to permit water to drain from the interior of the container, and further including an inwardly and downwardly projecting annular flange defining an opening adjacent the top of said container to facilitate the lifting of said container;
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- an elongated securing strap extended around said container and projecting upwardly from opposite sides thereof, said securing strap being secured to the lower end of said elongated trunk assembly and said strap including leg portions and a central bight portion located between said leg portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.