Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Fishing – Line-attached bodies – hooks and rigs
Patent
1980-06-05
1982-11-23
Smith, James G.
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Fishing
Line-attached bodies, hooks and rigs
43 4313, 43 4487, A01K 9100
Patent
active
043598366
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to a fishing float and, more particularly, to a fishing float on which is formed a resistance portion on a float main body.
BACKGROUND ART
Conventional fishing floats have generally been designed to decrease the water resistance as low as possible so that even a fine fish reaction can be certainly transmitted to the float, and an angler jerks a fishing rod to hook a fish in response to the movement of the float. Insufficient hooking or mishooking is, however, caused frequently, since it is very difficult to jerk the rod exactly fit with the fish reaction and, also, the weight of the float itself and the water resistance acted on the float may hinder to transmit the jerking force sufficiently to the hook.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
The characteristic feature of this invention resides in that a resistance member is formed on a main body of a float so as to increase the water resistance acted on the float when pulled into the water. This enables to automatically fit, without jerking a rod in response to a fish reaction, a hook to a fish by the resistance of water which is applied when the fish pulls the float into the water.
The improved fishing float according to this invention may be provided with a directional stabilizer plate vertically to the surface of the resistance portion. This can regulate the direction of the float thereby preventing it from rotation due to wind or tide flow which may otherwise result in twisting or entanglement of a fishing line.
Further, the float main body may consist of a plurality of float pieces vertically successibly connected in a detachable manner. In such a modification, the float main body can be adjusted to have a desired buoyancy and size depending upon fishes to be angled simply by the increase or decrease in the number of the float pieces.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of this invention;
FIG. 2 is a vertical cross sectional view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof in used state;
FIG. 4 is a vertical cross sectional view of a modification of the embodiment of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a front elevational view thereof showing in used state;
FIGS. 6 and 7 are perspective view and vertical cross sectional view of another embodiment of this invention;
FIG. 8 is a vertical cross sectional view of a modification thereof;
FIG. 9 is a vertical cross sectional view showing another embodiment of this invention;
FIGS. 10 and 11 are perspective views of a still further embodiment and its modification of this invention;
FIGS. 12 and 13 are a perspective view and a vertical cross sectional view of a still further embodiment of this invention;
FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a modification thereof;
FIG. 15 is a perspective view of a still further embodiment of this invention;
FIGS. 16 and 17 are front elevational views for the explanation of the operation of the float shown in FIG. 15; and
FIG. 18 is a front elevational view of a modification thereof.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
This invention will be described in more detail by way of the preferred embodiments referring to the drawings.
In FIGS. 1 and 2, the reference numeral 1 represents a spherical float main body which is shaped with a light weight material, for example, synthetic resin into a hollow configuration, to which an annular resistance body 2 is horizontally attached at the lateral circumference thereof. The resistance body 2 which is formed integrally with the float main body 1 by like light weight material facilitates to increase the water resistance when the float is pulled into the water by a fish. In addition, apertures 3, 3 are formed at the upper and lower centers of the main body 1 and a pipe 4 is inserted between the apertures 3, 3 to be secured in a water tight manner with the hollow space of the main body 1.
The float may take, in addition to the spherical shape, any other similar shapes such as an oval shape, and also it may not necessarily be limited to hollow configuration but can take a s
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