US 12,290,059 B2
Ice fishing apparatus with audible and visual bite indicator
Dennis Platz, Kiel, WI (US)
Filed by Dennis Platz, Kiel, WI (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/989,573.
Prior Publication US 2024/0164360 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 97/01 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 97/01 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ice fishing apparatus with integrated audible and visual bite indication, comprising:
a housing;
a contact pin coupled to the housing;
a spring holder coupled to the housing;
a wire having a first end coupled to the spring holder and a second end having a line hook, with a portion of the wire disposed proximate the contact pin and movably engageable into contact with the contact pin;
a battery disposed within the housing;
a DC motor disposed within the housing and having an output shaft extending through the outside the housing;
a piezoelectric audible alarm coupled to the housing;
a resiliently flexible mast having a first end and a second end, the first end coupled to the outside of the housing,
an indicator flag coupled to the second end of the mast, where the second end of the mast with the indicator flag is releasably engaged with the output shaft of the DC motor;
wherein at least the contact pin, the wire, the piezoelectric audible alarm, the battery, and the DC motor are in electrical continuity to form a circuit, so that the circuit is open and the piezoelectric audible alarm is deactivated and the second end of the mast with the flag is engaged with the output shaft of the DC motor when the wire is disposed proximate the contact pin, and the circuit is closed and the piezoelectric audible alarm is activated and second end of the mast with the flag is disengaged and released from the output shaft of the DC motor to provide an audible and visual bite indication when the wire is movably engaged into contact with the contact pin.