US 12,185,709 B1
Visible fish strike indicators
Aaron Myers, Bossier City, LA (US); and Ashton Poole, Benton, LA (US)
Filed by Aaron Myers, Bossier City, LA (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/202,595.
Int. Cl. A01K 93/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 93/02 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A visible fish strike indicator, comprising:
a buoyant main housing having a horizontal center axis and a center of gravity beneath the horizontal center axis, whereby the main housing is configured to normally float in an upright horizontal position on a water body;
a light-transmissible light housing having a light housing interior detachably supported by the main housing;
an indicator illumination assembly supported by the main housing, the indicator illumination assembly including:
at least one tilt switch configured to sense a vertical positioning event wherein the main housing deploys from the upright horizontal position to a vertical position, the at least one tilt switch comprising: a horizontal tilt switch having a pair of spaced-apart horizontal tilt switch contacts; a vertical tilt switch in spaced-apart relationship to the horizontal tilt switch, the vertical tilt switch having a pair of spaced-apart vertical tilt switch contacts; a switch bead conduit disposed within the vertical tilt plane and in communication with the horizontal tilt switch contacts of the horizontal tilt switch and the vertical tilt switch contacts of the vertical tilt switch; at least one electrically conductive position switch bead in the switch bead conduit; wherein the switch bead conduit is configured to direct the at least one position switch bead into contact with the horizontal tilt switch contacts of the horizontal tilt switch in the upright horizontal position of the main housing portion; and wherein the switch bead conduit is configured to redirect the at least one position switch bead from the contact with the horizontal tilt switch contacts of the horizontal tilt switch into contact with the vertical tilt switch contacts of the vertical tilt switch responsive to the vertical positioning event wherein the main housing deploys from the upright horizontal position to the vertical position;
a power source interfacing with the at least one tilt switch;
a strike indicator light interfacing with the at least one tilt switch and the power source, the strike indicator light configured to emit a strike light pattern in the light housing; and
wherein the at least one tilt switch is configured to energize the strike indicator light to emit the strike light pattern upon sensing the vertical positioning event.