Patent ID: 8881445
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A tip up fishing device, comprising: a primary vertically inclined member having a lower end and an upper end; a rigid support arm extending outward from the upper end of the primary member; said support arm having an inward end and an outward end; a base support; the primary member being connectable at its lower end to the base support; a cylindrical pin member having an inward end and an extended end which are aligned with each other along a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical in member, the cylindrical pin member being pivotally mounted at its inward end to the outward end of the support arm; the cylindrical pin member being pivotally movable between a first position extending outwardly from the support arm and a second position extending downwardly from the support arm; a line-containing spool rotatably mounted on the cylindrical pin member; a retaining means at the extended end of the cylindrical pin member; the cylindrical pin member held in its first position by a trigger means, said trigger means releasable upon downward force exerted upon line extending downwardly from the spool; and the cylindrical pin member gravitationally pivoted to its second position upon release.