Patent ID: 7475510
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A fishing weight for a fishing line that is adapted to submerge a fishing lure or bait attached to the fishing line at various depths in a body of water comprising: a weighted body having a specific gravity greater than one, a middle section, two ends and a longitudinal bore or axis there between, said weighted body being adapted to be placed on the fishing line about the longitudinal axis; a front insert portion disposed at one end of the weighted body along the longitudinal axis, the front insert portion having a front slot disposed along the longitudinal axis for receiving the fishing line; and a rear insert portion disposed at the other end of the weighted body along the longitudinal axis, the rear insert portion having a rear slot disposed along the longitudinal axis for receiving the fishing line, wherein the front insert portion is spaced from the rear insert portion and the weighted body has a first groove, which extends substantially parallel along the longitudinal axis of the rear insert portion, at least one groove that curves around a periphery of the middle section of the weighted body from the first groove to a second groove that extends substantially parallel along the longitudinal axis of the front insert portion wherein the at least one groove that curves around the periphery of the middle section includes a third groove that extends from an end of the first groove, curves toward the rear end of the weighted body forming an acute angle with the first groove, curves about a quarter of the periphery and then curves toward the front end of the weighted body for another quarter of the periphery until it intersects with a fourth groove parallel to the longitudinal axis where the third groove forms an obtuse angle with the fourth groove and the beginning of the third groove and the end of the third groove are approximately in the same plane so that the fishing weight can be rotated about the fishing line to capture the fishing line along the longitudinal axis of the weighted body and wherein the front and rear slots hold the fishing line in the respective slot along the longitudinal axis.