Magnetic lock fishing float
OwnerRobert C. Seayinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a fishing float having a magnetic lock mechanism within the float to allow for the adjustment of a fishing line through the float to adjust the length of the fishing line through the float to select the appropriate depth of the bait or lure below the fishing float without having to reel in the bait and adjust the depth from the shore. The float, once attached, is locking into place by a rocking magnetic lock wedge having an internal-non-magnetic metal ball inside the magnetic lock wedge to motivate the magnetic lock wedge either away from or towards a magnetic lock channel, capturing fishing line placed between the magnetic lock wedge and the magnetic lock channel, the lock wedge and the lock channel being magnetically attracted to each other.
Claims3
A fishing float attached to a fishing line providing adjustment of the depth of the fishing line without having to necessarily reel in the fishing line to perform the adjustment manually, the fishing float comprising:
- a buoyant wedge-shaped outer shell;
- an internal fishing line channel running through the fishing float through which the fishing is directed;
- a stationary magnetic catch receiver:
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- a weighted metal rocker arm pivotally attached within the outer shell, the metal rocker arm containing an internal inertia driven non-magnetic metal ball contained within a ball track forcing the rocker arm to pivot when a tug is applied to the rocker arm, the rocker arm also having a magnetic catch tip encroaching within the internal fishing line channel adapted to lockingly engage the stationary magnetic catch receiver across the internal fishing line channel until a tugging force applied to the fishing line disengages the magnetic catch tip from the magnetic catch receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.