Patent ID: 6073386
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fishing sinker for adjustable attachment along a fishing line comprising, an elongated integral body of material that is heavier than water having a front terminal end and a back terminal end and a longitudinal central axis; said body having an enlarged forward portion and an enlarged rearward portion and a reduced center portion; a forward bore extending through said forward portion of said body for receiving fishing line, one end of said forward bore beginning at said front terminal end of said body and being located on said central axis, said forward bore having an opposite end exiting from said forward portion of said body immediately adjacent to one side of said reduced center portion of said body; a rearward bore extending through said rearward portion of said body for receiving fishing line, one end of said rearward bore beginning immediately adjacent to said reduced center portion on a side of said reduced center portion opposite to said one side of said reduced center portion, so that fishing line extending between said forward and rearward bores can contact said reduced center portion for adjustment of said sinker along said fishing line, and said rearward bore having an opposite end exiting from said rearward portion of said body at said back terminal end and being located on said central axis, said opposite end of said forward bore and said one end of said rearward bore being offset from said central axis, and said forward and rearward bores are each completely enclosed within said body except for their respective ends so that fishing line within said bores is completely surrounded by the material from which said body is made.