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US 5,293,710 AGranted
Fishing pole strike indicator
OwnerJoseph P. Millsinventor
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Abstract
A strike indicator for use on a fishing pole and having an elongated probe, a ring circumscribing one end of the probe, a circuit having a light and battery for energizing the light when the probe contacts the ring, and clamps for adjustably mounting the probe, circuit and ring along the length of the fishing pole. The probe is mounted on a spring. The ring may be pivoted.
Claims12
A fishing pole strike indicator comprising:
- a source of electrical power;
- an elongated probe contact having first and second ends;
- an electrical ring contact circumscribing the second end of said probe contact and engageable with the probe contact by lateral movement of the ring contact in any direction;
- a signaling device;
- circuit means for connecting a first end of said probe contact, said signaling device and said ring contact to said power source, whereby relative lateral movement of said ring contact and second end of said probe contact in any direction over a predetermined distance will close the circuit to energize the signaling device;
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- means for connecting the probe contact and ring contact along the length of a flexible fishing pole.
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A strike indicator for use on a fishing pole comprising:
- circuit means having an elongated flexible probe having a fixed end connected to the pole and a remote free end lying parallel to and overlying a portion of the pole, a power supply, a signaling device, and a circular ring circumscribing the free end of the probe and movable with flexing of the pole to engage the probe, said circuit being activated to energize the signaling device when flexing of the pole causes the circular ring and free end of the probe to move into contact with one another in any 360 degree direction of movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.