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US 8,756,854 B1Granted
Baitcast reel ice fishing alarm system
OwnerClements B. Michaelsinventor
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Abstract
An ice fishing alarm and light used in a fish house for alerting a fishing person of a fish strike on a bait attached to a fish line. A fishing rod having a baitcast reel is downwardly mounted on an arm assembly pivoted to a support. A switch assembly having a movable actuator accommodates the fish line whereby when a fish pulls on the fish line the actuator allows the switch assembly to connect an alarm to an electric power source causing the alarm to produce an audible sound.
Claims19
An ice fishing alarm system comprising:
- a stationary support,
- an arm assembly having a linear elongated first member, a linear elongated second member,
- an upright first pivot member movably connecting the first member to the second member,
- an upright second pivot member movably connecting the first member to the support whereby the first and second members of the arm assembly are movable relative to the support,
- a fishing rod having a linear rod with eyelets spaced along the length of the rod,
- a baitcast reel having a fish line mounted on the fishing rod and the fish line extended through the eyelets,
- said second member having an outer end,
- an upright pocket in the outer end of the second member accommodating the fishing rod with the rod extended in a downward direction,
- a body connected to the second member of the arm assembly,
- a switch assembly mounted on the body,
- an alarm mounted on the body including an audible sound generator,
- said switch assembly having first and second electric conductor elements selectively located in spaced and contact positions relative to each other and
- an actuator movably mounted on the body,
- said actuator having a portion located between the first and second conductor elements to maintain the first and second conductor elements in the spaced positions,
- said actuator being operatively engaged with a portion of the fish line from between adjacent eyelets on the fishing rod whereby when a fish pulls the fish line, the actuator is moved from between the first and second conductor elements allowing the first and second conductor elements to contact each other,
- an electric power source wired to the first conductor element and
- an electrical conductor connected to the second conductor element and alarm operable to energize the alarm when the first and second conductor elements contact each other thereby producing an audible sound alerting a fishing person that a fish is pulling on the fishing line.
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An ice fishing alarm system comprising:
- a stationary support,
- an arm assembly having a linear elongated first member and a linear elongated second member,
- an upright first pivot member movably connecting the first member to the second member,
- an upright second pivot member movably connecting the first member to the support whereby the first and second members of the arm assembly are movable relative to the support,
- said second member of the arm assembly having an outer end with a pocket for holding a fishing rod with a reel having fishing line,
- a body mounted on the arm assembly,
- a switch assembly mounted on the body,
- an alarm mounted on the body including an audible sound generator,
- said switch assembly having first and second electric conductor elements selectively located in spaced and contact positions relative to each other,
- an actuator movably mounted on the body,
- said actuator having a portion located between the first and second conductor elements to maintain the first and second conductor elements in the spaced position,
- a biasing assembly for applying a biasing force on the second conductor element toward the first conductor element and retaining the actuator between the first and second conductor elements;
- said actuator being adapted to be operatively engaged with a portion of the fish line connected to the reel and a bait for fish, whereby when a fish pulls the fish line, the portion of the actuator is moved from between the first and second conductor elements allowing the first and second conductor elements to contact each other,
- an electric power source wired to the first conductor element and
- an electrical conductor connected to the second conductor element and alarm operable to energize the alarm when the first and second conductor elements contact each other thereby producing an audible sound alerting a fishing person that a fish is pulling on the fishing line.
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