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US 5,309,664 AGranted
Radio-controlled fishing boat
AssigneeRobo Fishing, Inc.
InventorJerry C. Wright
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Abstract
A remote-control fishing vessel has a trip-release pole to jerk line for engagement of a hook in a fish that nibbles bait, a motorized reel with optional spring tension, a broad transom and an optional water anchor constructed to resist reverse drag by a hooked fish, steering with dual water screws to obviate need for a rudder, a deep-ballast hull with water-resistant sections to provide unsinkable stability and an optional top float to restore upright position of the vessel in the event it were capsized.
Claims50
A remote-control fishing vessel comprising:
- a buoyant hull having a stern with a broad transom,
- a ballast extended downward vertically from a bottom of the buoyant hull,
- an autohook fishing pole extendable rearward from a top portion of the buoyant hull,
- a motorized reel mounted on the buoyant hull linearly to the autohook fishing pole,
- a first water-screw propeller having a first propeller shaft projecting rearward from and in rotational contact with a right bottom portion of the buoyant hull,
- a second water-screw propeller having a second propeller shaft projecting rearward from and in rotational contact with a left bottom portion of the buoyant hull,
- a source of propulsive power positioned on the buoyant hull and having rotational power output transmittal equally to the first propeller shaft and to the second propeller shaft as desired for straight propulsion and having rotational power transmitted variably to the first propeller shaft and to the second propeller shaft as desired for steering propulsion of the buoyant hull, and
- a remote controller of the rotational power output transmitted from the source of propulsive power to the first propeller shaft and to the second propeller shaft.
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