Patent ID: 6394862
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
An electric fishing buoy comprising:a) an upper body with a lighting device therein; b) an integrated circuit (IC) panel in the buoy and connected to the lighting device; c) batteries connected to the IC panel to supply electrical power to the IC panel and to the lighting device; d) a lower body attached to the upper body having a hollow, internal tubular portion; e) at least three annular magnets in the lower body displaced along the tubular portion, the annular magnets oriented such that like magnetic poles face each other whereby a repulsive magnetic force between the annular magnets spaces the magnets apart along the tubular portion of the lower body; and, f) a threaded button threadingly engaging the lower body and in contact with one of the at least three annular magnets such that rotation of the button relative to the lower body changes the spacing between the at least three annular magnets, thereby changing a location of a centroid of the buoy.