Dual color reversible lighted slip bobber
OwnerErwin B Reynolds, Dawn H Reynoldsinventors
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Abstract
A slip style bobber comprising a hollow central housing constructed from a first mating half and second mating half. The hollow central housing includes a mounting member for the attachment of a pair of printed circuit boards having a replaceable power source, a switch, and a light source. A pair of tubes arranged coaxial are received within mounting member and extend from the interior of the housing to the exterior of the bobber. The bobber is water tight and constructed out of a translucent plastic to allow for illumination of the device during low light conditions. The bobber is multi colored and reversible.
Claims4
A slip style bobber for fishing comprising:
- a hollow central housing constructed from a joining of a first mating half and a second mating half;
- the first and the second mating halves being conically shaped and each having a wide end and a narrow end, the narrow ends each including an aperture, the wide ends adapted to be joined to create the hollow central housing;
- a pair of printed circuit boards, the printed circuit boards each having a power source, a light source, and a switch;
- a mounting member received within the hollow central housing, the mounting member having a central tubular cavity, a first lobe, and a second lobe opposite the first lobe, the lobes each having a groove and a raised detent for securing the printed circuit boards;
- a first slip tube received within the central tubular cavity, the first slip tube cylindrically shaped with a diameter and having an inner side, an outer side, an interior end, and an exterior end, the interior end having a pair of radial grooves extending along a diameter of the outer side, the exterior end extending from an interior of the housing to an exterior of the bobber through the aperture of the narrow end of the first mating half;
- a pair of o-ring gaskets received within the radial grooves of the first slip tube;
- a second slip tube received within the central tubular cavity coaxial to the first slip tube, the second slip tube cylindrically shaped with a diameter and having an inner side, an outer side, an interior end, and an exterior end, the interior end having a pair of radial grooves extending along a diameter of the outer side, the exterior end extending from the interior of the housing to the exterior of the bobber through the aperture of the narrow end of the second mating half, wherein the second slip tube is identical to the first slip tube;
- a pair of o-ring gaskets received within the radial grooves of the second slip tube;
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- a central o-ring gasket restrained between a joint of the first mating half and the second mating half.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.