Fishing tip-up device
OwnerThomas Y. Yanginventor
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Abstract
A fishing tip-up device for signaling when a fish is on the fishing hook. The fishing tip-up device includes a base assembly including a base member; a support assembly in communication with the base member and including a fishing pole support and a trip support; a trip assembly including a trip member pivotably mounted to the trip support and including a biased element in communication with the fishing pole support; and a fishing pole assembly including a pole holder in communication with the fishing pole support, a fishing pole coupled to the pole holder, and a spool of fishing line mounted to the fishing pole support with the fishing line in communication with the fishing pole.
Claims7
A fishing tip-up device comprising:
- a base assembly including a base member, wherein the base member is elongated with first and second ends and has a top side and bottom side, wherein the base assembly also includes elongate stabilizing members each having an end pivotably coupled to the bottom side near the first end of the base member and are selectively pivotable towards and away from the base member;
- a support assembly in communication with the base member and including a fishing pole support and a trip support, wherein the trip support is disposed upon the top side and intermediate of the base member and has a top and a side with a stopper attached to and extending from the side;
- a trip assembly including a trip member pivotably mounted to the trip support and including a biased element in communication with the fishing pole support, wherein the trip member is a lever having a first portion, a second portion and an intermediate portion disposed between the first and second portions and pivotably mounted to the side of the trip support;
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- a fishing pole assembly including a pole holder in communication with the fishing pole support, a fishing pole coupled to the pole holder, and a spool of fishing line mounted to the fishing pole support with the fishing line in communication with the fishing pole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.