Patent ID: 8037636
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A bottom snagging sinker comprising a sinker weight having a passage therethrough and providing a longitudinal sinker axis; a retaining ring seated on one end of the sinker weight; a first connector extending through the sinker weight passage and securing the retaining ring to the sinker weight; a nose and at least one anchor wire having a straight central section transverse to the sinker axis and ends projecting away from the central section to provide the capability of snagging a bottom of a water body, the nose, retaining ring and sinker weight comprising a sinker body with the nose at one end, the sinker weight at an opposite end and the retaining ring between the nose and sinker weight, the anchor wire being captivated between the nose and the retaining ring and being pivotally mounted about a rotational axis perpendicular to the sinker axis and extending through the central anchor wire section, the anchor wire being pivoted between a first position where the ends overlie the sinker weight and a second position overlying the nose; and a second connector securing the nose to the retaining ring.