Fishing float
OwnerShane V. Wilsoninventor
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Abstract
A fishing float is disclosed having a stem and a buoyant member. The stem includes a slot oriented toward the buoyant member for receiving a fishing line. When a fishing line is attached to the fishing float, the configuration and orientation of the slot keeps the fishing line attached to the fishing float, even when the person fishing jerks on the fishing line. A spring is mounted around a portion of one end of the stem, and resists the movement of the fishing line out of the slot. The spring can be located in two positions, one creating a slip line condition such that the fishing line can slide through the slot, and the other creating a fixed line condition such that the fishing line cannot freely slide through the slot.
Claims16
A fishing flat comprising:
- (a) a stem having first and second stem ends;
- (b) a buoyant member carried by said stem intermediate said first and second stem ends;
- (c) a slot formed in said stem between said buoyant member and said first stem end, said slot configured to have a portion of a fishing line disposed therein;
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- (d) a resilient biasing element which resists a movement of said portion of the fishing line disposed in said slot when said biasing element is not under compression, said resisted movement being a direction away from said buoyant member and toward said first stem end, said biasing element having an end which is movable from a first position, when said biasing element is under compression, which lies between said first stem end and said slot, to a second position, when said biasing element is not under compression, which lies between said buoyant member and said slot.
A fishing float comprising:
- (a) a stem having first end and second stem ends;
- (b) a buoyant member carried by said stem intermediate said first and second stem ends;
- (c) a slot formed in said stem between said buoyant member and said first stem end, said slot having a first slot end proximal to said buoyant member and a second slot end distal from said buoyant member;
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- (d) a resilient biasing element carried by said stem, said resilient biasing element having a first element end and a second element end, said first element end being secured to said stem between said slot and said first stem end, said second element end being moveable from a first position when said resilient biasing element is under compression, said first position being within a first zone extending between said distal end of said slot and said first stem end, to a second position when said resilient biasing element is not under compression, said second position being within a second zone extending between said buoyant member and said first zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.