Patent ID: 7207133

Claim:
A tip-up fishing device for catching fish through a hole in a surface of ice, comprising: a cross frame having a generally horizontally positionable first frame section a adapted to span the hole in the ice, and a generally vertically positionable second frame section operatively coupled to said first frame section and having a lower end region adapted to be extended down into the hole; a spool carried on said lower end region of said second frame section for supporting a length of fishing line; a trip device operatively engageable with the fishing line to be operated in response to a strike on the fishing line; an elastic flag pole mounted on said first frame section and spring-biased to an upright position, said flag pole being manually positionable to a bent-over position, said trip device operative to hold said flag pole in said bent-over position until such time as the line is struck whereby the trip device operates to release said flag pole enabling it to spring to said upright position; a push button transmitter switch mounted on said frame adjacent said flagpole in position to be out of operative engagement with said flag pole when said flag pole is positioned in said bent-over position, and to be engaged and depressed by said flag pole upon movement to said upright position to transmit a signal; a receiver remotely positionable relative to said push button transmitter switch for receiving said signal and generating an alarm signal detectible by the fisherman to indicate a strike with said bracket including a generally L-shaped bracket member, said push button transmitter switch being secured to one leg of said L-shaped bracket, the other leg of said L-shaped bracket member being secured to said frame, said push button transmitter switch being supported by said L-shaped bracket member in cantilevered fashion relative to said frame, and wherein said other leg of said L-shaped bracket member underlies said first frame section of said cross frame.