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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5354616 | Fishing lines and related products Novel fishing lines, and related products, especially monofilamentary products, of polyesters that are biodegradable and disintegrate, when immersed over a period of weeks or months in water, to avoid residues thereof obstructing the aqueous environment, ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5303498 | Fishing line A fishing line composed of a strand of a plurality of steel wires twisted together and coated with synthetic resin, wherein the steel wire is a low carbon duplex structure steel wire in the fibrous fine metallic structure having a tensile strength of 300 ... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5296292 | Elongated cylindrical tensile article An elongated cylindrical tensile article of one or more strands of monofilament core surrounded by porous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) which may be optionally coated or die sized on the outer surface for smoothness and/or abrasion resistance. The core f... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5244731 | Marine fishery thread articles The invention provides a marine fishery article of threads which is made of threads consisting essentially of polycaprolactone represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein n is 300 to 2,000.... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5231820 | Method for producing sinking/floating rope A unique rope for use in commercial fishing comprising floating and sinking portions. The sinking portion has blended yarns made up of a blend of first and second non-metallic synthetic filaments in proportions to yield a sinking rope portion having a spe... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5207732 | Fly fishing line A fishing line with an outer coating such as a poly(vinyl chloride) resin that includes a polymerized polyfunctional acrylic monomer, the line exhibiting a combination of improvement in durability, shootability and recoil memory.... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5131218 | Sinking/floating rope A unique fishing rope comprising floating and sinking portions. The sinking portion blended yarns made up of a blend of first and second non-metallic synthetic filaments in proportions to yield a sinking rope portion having a specific gravity greater than... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5071889 | Flavored synthetic monofilament based on homopolyamide or copolyamide A flavored synthetic monofilament useful for fishing is prepared by incorporating a flavoring agent throughout the mass of the monofilament. The monofilament can be either a homopolyamide or copolyamide having a breaking strength of at least 50 kg/mm... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4845879 | Antifriction casting rod A casting rod combined with an open face reel such that during a cast swing, a main portion of the rod moves in front of the reel to avoid colliding with casting line peeling off at the reel spool. The line is guided by a rod tip guide positioned at a tip... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4827661 | Fish stringer A fish stringer and bracket assembly wherein the stringer has a loop on the end upon which a first fish may be mounted and the stringer also has one or more enlarged diameter portions such that the enlarged diameter portion of the stringer can be received... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4779372 | Braided fishing line leader A braided fishing line leader comprises a plurality of filaments each having a diameter in the order of micrometer and being interwoven into a hollow braided tube progressively reducing in diameter from a trailing end to a leading end thereof. The filamen... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4729187 | Longline assembly A longline assembly includes an elongated main longline element, a plurality of longitudinally spaced gangion lines attached to the longline element, and a plurality of hooks on the outer extremities of the gangion lines. The gangion lines each include a ... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4617751 | Fishing tackle with a fiber optic light guide as the fishing line A fishing tackle for catching fish with a fishing line (1) constituting a light guide, at one end of which the light from a natural or artificial light source can be focused, and at the other end of which a bait (3) with reflecting, luminescent, transmitt... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4606144 | Monofilament of improved vinylidene fluoride-based resin A flexible monofilament of at least 0.08 mm in diameter excellent in transparency, high in impact strength and durability and showing a tensile strength of not less than 30 kg/mm2 and a modulus of elasticity of 60 to 120 kg/mm2, whic... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4604821 | Fly fishing junction leader A flexible elongated tubular attachment to be interposed between the fly fishing line and the leader line to eliminate the necessity of knot tying the leader to the fly fishing line.... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4584240 | Coextruded monofilament fishline Coextruded monofilament fishline having a core of polymer having a wet initial tensile modulus greater than that of the sheath.... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4574517 | Device for landing big fish on a light test leader A light weight leader used for fishing is switched automatically to a heavy line when a large fish is hooked. Thus a connector link of the length of the leader has a heavy fishing line attached to one end and a detent mechanism for receiving the hook at t... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4550938 | Fishing line knot A fishing line comprising a core line and a tubular outer line formed of synthetic fibers and sheathing the core line, the core line being withdrawable from the outer line. A conventional fishing line can be firmly connected to a leader with the outer lin... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4524540 | Fly line A line for fly casting is disclosed having a forward continuous taper from a widest point adjacent the center of the line, more or less, down to a minimum at the forward end of the line where a leader and fly are to be located. A reverse taper joins the f... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4514927 | Fishing line with a reinforced leader A fishing line with a leader reinforced by a rod which slides over and toward the leader when a big fish takes the hook. It is normally stopped in its inoperative position by a bent wire.... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4505952 | Method for lubricating and conditioning monofilament fishing lines The original "finish" or the lubricating softener applied by the manufacturer to monofilament fishing line to modify its surface frictional properties can be replaced by the application to the line and/or the guide surfaces of the rod and reel of a small ... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4459337 | Coated polyamide monofilament Oriented polyamide monofilament exhibiting improved wet-state performance characteristics through the use of a surface coating having 2 to 10 weight percent of a copolymer of vinylidene chloride and at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymer... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4386132 | Fly fishing line A floating fly fishing line comprising a core member and having a substantially smooth plastic surface coating, the coating containing therein a fluorinated polymer, the polymer being capable of imparting to said plastic coating, when contained therein at... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4355061 | Composite tubular rod and method for making same The present invention is directed to a hollow, flexible rod (20) having a body portion (21), a tip portion (23) and a transition portion (24) between the body and tip portions. A plurality of reinforcing strands (30) of a first material extend longitudina... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4353960 | Composite and conjugate filaments The invention provides improved composite and conjugate filaments to be used exclusively in in-water submerged purposes. Each of these filaments consists of a core of vinylidene fluoride resin consisting in turn of one or more filamentary element(s), whil... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4336087 | Method of marking fishing lines A process of marking fly fishing lines includes the steps of selecting a heat shrinkable tubing having predetermined shrinking temperature characteristics and marking the tubing with a size coding positioned to allow the marks to be cut off to indicate an... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4330956 | Dual coated wire trolling line A wire fishing line for deep water trolling comprises a length of stainless steel or Monel wire, with a first tough, substantially non-porous Formvar polyvinyl formal polymer coating layer adherently bonded to the peripheral surface of the wire, and a sec... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4321854 | Composite line of core and jacket A composite fishing line comprising a core and braided jacket the core being made of material which will break under a predetermined tensile loading of the line, said braided jacket being made of a different material which does not break under said predet... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4290223 | Fisherman's leader/line dispenser and decoiler A fisherman's leader and/or line dispenser and decoiler including an enclosed container and spool of fisherman's leader/line mounted within the container. A pair of first and second resilient pads are mounted within the container in a posture of opposing ... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4178342 | Injection molding method for the manufacture of a snelled fishhook An injection molding method is disclosed for the manufacture of a snelled fishhook. A thermoplastic, drawable, synthetic resin material is heated to a moldable state and flowed into an injection mold to form an intermediate product including a first sligh... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4155973 | Process for the manufacture of a tapered leader The invention provides a tapered filament of nylon, or a like drawable synthetic resin plastic. A leader for fishing tackle is a preferred use for such a filament. A tapered filament blank of undrawn material is formed and drawn to produce the finished pr... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4048744 | Fly fishing line The fly fishing line of the invention is a flexible fly fishing line having a section of said line near the end tip with a greater buoyancy than the remainder of said line, such section having a surface of a highly visible material, and said section and s... | 09/20/1977 |
| 3983657 | Snell with end connectors A snell for connecting a fishhook to a line or leader. The snell, a strand of nylon or like material, is formed with a hook connector at one end and a line connector or eye at the other end as a unitary structure. The hook connector provides a socket to r... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3936335 | Process for producing a buoyant fishing line A buoyant fishing line is produced with foamed core surrounded by a filamentous line with or without being coated with a flexible surface layer.... | 02/03/1976 |
