Patent ID: 7062877

Claim:
A tip-up for ice fishing comprising in combination; a base, said base having a distal end and a near end and having mounted on said base, near the distal end, a cross member; said cross member having a median point and said cross member having attached at the median point a slidable bracket that is slidable along said base; said cross member being capable of locking to the base at the distal end of said base; said base being equipped with a non-slip surface; a flexible riser mounted near the near end of said base, said flexible riser having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side, a second side, a near end and a distal end; a ruled top surface, said near end of flexible riser being provided with a pull tab locking notch; a pull tab erector being mounted on the top surface of said flexible riser, said pull tab erector having a near end, a distal end, a first side, a second side, a top surface and a bottom surface; said bottom surface at the distal end of the pull tab erector being attached to the top surface of the flexible riser; said near end of the pull tab erector being notched on said first side and said second side to fit into the near end of said pull tab locking notch; said pull tab erector being extendable to fit into the flexible riser near end locking notch; a rotatable reel with a rotatable spool is surmounted on the distal end of the pull tab erector; said reel having an outer casing; said outer casing having an outer surface; an inner surface; a near end; a distal end; an opening therethrough and a reel handle lock in the near end of the outer casing; a removable inner core having a near end and a distal end; a handle mounted to said near end of said inner core; the inner core distal end being tapered; said taper having a groove therein; said inner core having two circular protrusions that ride on the inner surface of the outer casing; said rotatable reel having the ability to swing inward at least 90° when the handle is in the up position; said reel inner core being removable; said inner core being confined to the inner surface of the reel by a reel core lock; said reel core lock being mounted to the outer surface of the reel; the reel core lock having a top surface; a bottom surface; a distal end and a near end forming a tab; there being an opening through the top surface of the reel core lock; a reel stop/lock being mounted near the distal end of the outer casing of said reel to prevent the reel from rotating a distance greater than 90°; there being mounted on the flexible riser essentially at its median point and near the second side, a flexible flag; there being present a notch in the flexible riser above the flexible flag to provide storage for said flexible flag; and there being a hole through the distal end of the flexible riser top surface to accommodate a fishing line.