Marker body

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1991-06-01

1993-02-23

Basinger, Sherman

Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices

Buoy

Marker buoy

441 11, 441 23, 441 28, B63B 2220

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051885514

ABSTRACT:
A marker device for fishermen including a body or flotation portion made from a transparent, plastic bottle. A sheet of brightly colored fluorescent or retroreflective paper lines the inside of the bottle, making the marker highly visible. A threaded cap is secured to the core or bottom end of a spool, about which an anchor line is wound. The spool has upper and lower flanges, and the anchor line is secured to the upper flange. An anchor weight is secured to the free end of the anchor line, the anchor weight being a strip of malleable lead that may be formed to bend around the anchor line wound on the spool when not in use. Further, a counterweight is contained within the bottom portion of the spool opposite the bottle, causing the marker to stand upright in the water. After the marker has been set in the water and the anchor weight has sunk to the bottom of the lake or stream, the anchor line may be threaded through a slot in the lower flange of the spool, preventing additional anchor line from being paid out from the spool.

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patent: 3653085 (1972-04-01), Rovner
patent: 4443203 (1984-04-01), Maertens
patent: 4544364 (1985-10-01), Bankston
patent: 4976641 (1990-12-01), D'Amico

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