Patent ID: 8261484
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A detachable sinker comprising: a weight attachable to a fishing line, the weight having formed in a surface thereof (i) a groove for receiving the fishing line and (ii) a channel for fixing the sinker to the fishing line; and a rapidly disintegrating water soluble material connected to the weight, the material having a fixed portion and a free portion, the fixed portion bonded to the weight, and the free portion manipulable between closed and open states so that in the closed state the free portion attaches to the channel to maintain the fishing line within the groove, and in the open state the free portion detaches from the channel to release the fishing line from the groove; and a moldable adhesive mass attached to one end of the free portion, the sinker configured so that in the closed state with the free portion of the material drawn against a surface of the weight to cover the groove, the moldable adhesive mass may be pressed into the channel.