Patent ID: 9179657
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A motorized jigging device for fishing with a variable speed motor capable of producing a repetitive upward and downward seesaw motion to a fishing rod placed thereon, said fishing rod having a rod handle end section and a rod tip, said motorized jigging device comprising a base, said base supporting a fulcrum rod support, an operating mechanism support with a motor support, said fulcrum rod support and said operating mechanism support being spaced longitudinally a predetermined distance apart along the underside of said fishing rod, said fulcrum rod support acting as a fulcrum having a first rod support point of said fishing rod while said operating mechanism support further contains a horizontal rotating axle passing therethrough, said rotating axle being connected with a detachable coupler to said variable speed motor at one end thereof, and with a driven element fixedly attached at the other end thereto and extending at a right angle therefrom such that said rotating axle and said attached driven element rotate together as one, said operating mechanism support further supporting an eccentric assembly unit comprising a horizontal, cylindrical eccentric element with a fixedly attached vertical side-plate at each end thereof, said eccentric element serving as a second rod support point with one said side-plate being pivotally attached side-by-side to said adjacent driven element by a pivotal attachment at a point wherein said pivotal attachment point is at a predetermined radial distance outward from the centerline axis of said eccentric element and at the same predetermined radial distance outward from the axis of rotation of said driven element such that said centerline axis of said eccentric element can be precisely aligned horizontally with said axis of rotation of said driven element thus producing zero eccentricity and no upward and downward seesaw motion to said fishing rod, but conversely for typical use, wherein the fisherman can provide any amount of eccentricity anywhere, continuously without any defined increments or set points, throughout the range of zero eccentricity to maximum eccentricity, maximum eccentricity being wherein said centerline axis of said eccentric element is aligned at maximum departure from being aligned horizontally with said axis of rotation of said driven element by adjustably pivoting said eccentric assembly unit to the degree desired such that said axis of rotation of said driven element and said centerline axis of said eccentric element are offset from one another whereby, during operation, said first rod support point remains stationary while said second rod support point moves in a circular path to produce upward and downward movement to said rod handle end section of said fishing rod, thus an angler can adjust the frequency of the up and down seesaw motion of said rod handle end section and said rod tip of said fishing rod by adjusting the speed of said variable speed motor, and the angler can also adjust the amplitude of the range of upward and downward movement of said rod tip of said fishing rod by pivoting said eccentric assembly unit to select the amount of eccentricity of said centerline axis of said eccentric element relative to said axis of rotation of said driven element.