Automatically inflating bladder and line severing means for rod and reel
OwnerDavid R. Zippel, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for connection to a rod and reel, comprised, in its preferred embodiment, of (1) an emergency flotation bladder, (2) a compact container in which said bladder is stowed, (3) connection means for connection of said container to the rod portion of a rod and reel, (4) monofilament line severing means for severing the line of the rod and reel to which the container is connected, and (5) means for automatically triggering monofilament line severing means and inflating said bladder when the article with attached container falls into water by some mishap or is otherwise immersed therein.
Claims12
An apparatus for connection to a rod and reel, comprising:
- a) an activatable monofilament line severing means;
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- b) means for automatically activating said activatable monofilament line severing means upon submergence of the apparatus in water.
An apparatus for connection to a rod and reel, comprising:
- a) an activatable monofilament line severing means;
- b) means for automatically activating said activatable monofilament line severing means upon submergence of the apparatus in water;
- c) an inflatable flotation bladder of sufficient buoyancy, when inflated, to maintain an object attached thereto at or near the surface of the water;
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- d) means for automatically inflating said inflatable flotation bladder upon submergence of the apparatus in water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.