| US 7,340,858 B2 | ||
| Slip-on hydrodynamic symmetrical fishing sinker | ||
| Newsome Corbitt, Jacksonville, Fla. (US) | ||
| Assigned to I.Q. Innovations, LLC, Jacksonville, Fla. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 24, 2004, as Appl. No. 11/21,957. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0137238 A1, Jun. 29, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A01K 95/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 43—44.96 [43/43.1; 43/44.87] | 9 Claims |
| 1. A fishing sinker, comprising
a polyhedron body having a rectangular base and triangular sides with a common blunt vertex, said polyhedron body including
a bulbous leading edge;
a central channel in said body;
an eyelet pin with a swaged end, a straight section extending through said central channel and an integrally formed eyelet
portion protruding from the blunt vertex, wherein the eyelet portion is a resilient eyelet with a slip-on opening biased into
a closed position, the slip-on opening is defined between a vertical neck portion of the straight section of the eyelet pin
and a free end portion of the eyelet portion, and the free end portion of the eyelet portion includes an integrally formed
straight arm section and an integrally formed angled arm section, said angled arm section defining a free end of the free
end portion of the eyelet portion and said straight arm section being attached to said angled arm section; and
a plurality of symmetrically arranged stabilizer fins extending along angles of intersection of each adjacent triangular side,
wherein said sinker has a length and the plurality of symmetrically arranged stabilizer fins extend the length of the sinker.
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