Fishing weed blocker

Abstract

A fishing accessory with capabilities of grabbing and moving weeds or debris to leave more visibility of the fishing lure as it moves through the body of water. A hollowed-bodied fishing apparatus comprising of a main body in the shape of a frustum of a cone, consisting of a small circular top hole and a large circular bottom hole. The holes of the cone are meant to run along a fishing line and held in place by a sinker or weight. The raised lip of the apparatus is to help attach and reinforce the teeth to the main body. The teeth or grabbers are meant to be used as a means of grabbing onto weeds or debris when the apparatus is gliding through the water. This gives the lure or bait a better chance of being clear of weeds and debris

Claims

1. A fishing accessory apparatus, comprising: a main body in the shape of a frustum of a cone, the main body comprising a top hole, a bottom hole, and a hollow interior extending therebetween; a raised lip coupled to a base of the main body; and a plurality of teeth coupled to the raised lip, wherein the teeth extend upwardly from the raised lip and away from the main body such that a gap is provided between the teeth and an outer surface of the main body.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a diameter of the top hole is configured to receive a fishing line, and to prevent the passage of a sinker or weight coupled to the fishing line.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the raised lip is rigid.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the teeth are rectangular prism shaped.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein a base of each of the plurality of teeth has a width that is approximately equal to a width of the raised lip.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the teeth taper outwardly to a distal edge.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the teeth are coupled to a top surface of the raised lip.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the teeth are evenly spaced on the raised lip.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the teeth are configured to retain weeds and other debris encountered during use of the apparatus.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

(1) The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:

(2) FIG. 1 is an isometric view of the fishing accessory apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure

(3) FIG. 2 is a top view of an embodiment of the disclosure

(4) FIG. 3 is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure

(5) FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view along the axis E-E of an embodiment of the disclosure

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(6) With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 4 thereof, a new fishing accessory embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.

(7) As best Illustrated in the FIGS. 1 through 4 the fishing accessory apparatus in discussion is comprised of a main hollow-body in the shape of the frustum of a cone 10 and at the circumference of the base sits a raised lip 11 this lip contains rectangular-prism shaped teeth or grabber features 12 that are evenly spaced along the lip, pointing out from the main body 10 at a sharp angle.

(8) With the frustum being hollowed the apparatus is comprised of a thin wall 15 a small circular top hole 13 and a large circular bottom hole 14.

(9) The purpose of the hollow-bodied frustum 10 is to allow for the utilization on a fishing line. In application, the fishing line will have a sinker placed at some considerable length up the line, the line will be inserted through the small circular top hole 13 to exit out the larger bottom hole 14, another sinker is to be fastened to sit inside the main body 10 of the embodiment of the disclosure. The usage of the sinker(s) is to allow the apparatus to be submerged underwater once the line has been cast, as well as securing the apparatus in position on the line. The teeth or grabbers 12 are used to pull away and clear the path of weeds or debris, as to leave more visibility of the lure. The raised lip 11 is used as a rigid support system to the teeth 12 to counteract the force of the aforementioned weeds and debris. Also, helping to extend the usage of the embodiment of the disclosure as a whole. Depending on the placement and application of the sinkers, the fishing accessory may also act as a bobber.

(10) The disclosed apparatus is suitably made from 3D-printed plastic polylactic acid, or injection-molded plastics, such as polycarbonate, polystyrene, or others. The scaling and dimensions of the described embodiment may be altered for commercial use.

(11) With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships of the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, form, function and the manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.

(12) Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only for the principles of this disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In the patent document, the word comprised or comprising is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not included.