US 12,453,340 B2
Method of assembly of combined fixed and slip bobber
Gary Bennis, Eau Claire, WI (US)
Assigned to Gary Bennis, Eau Claire, WI (US)
Filed by Gary Bennis, Eau Claire, WI (US)
Filed on Nov. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/503,017.
Application 18/503,017 is a continuation of application No. 16/362,507, filed on Mar. 22, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/713,438, filed on Aug. 1, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/646,878, filed on Mar. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0138390 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 91/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 91/04 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of making a stem of a fishing float comprising:
using injection molding to form a first stem part having a cross section of a diameter of about 4.75 mm or greater and a length of between about 55 mm and about 70 mm, and comprising a first wall having an outer surface and an inner surface and a first wall surface connecting the outer surface to the inner surface with a thickness of the first wall defined as a distance from the outer surface to the inner surface, a first channel passing between an opening at a first end and an opening at a second end, a first slot passing from the outside surface of the first wall into the first wall without passing to the inner surface of the first wall, wherein the first stem part is injection molded as a single integral piece;
using injection molding to form a second stem part having a circular cross section of a diameter of about 5 mm or greater and a length between 55 mm and 70 mm, and consisting of a second wall having an outer surface and an inner surface and a second wall surface connecting the outer surface to the inner surface with a thickness of the second wall defined as a distance from the outer surface to the inner surface, a second channel passing between an opening at a first end and an opening at a second end, and further consisting of a first tubular member extending outwardly from the first end and having an outer diameter less than the outer diameter of the second stem part and approximately the same as the diameter of the first channel in the first stem part, wherein the second stem part is injection molded as a single integral piece; and
inserting the first tubular member of the second stem part directly into the opening of the first channel at the second end of the first stem part to form a stem such that the first channel in the first stem part and the second channel in the second stem part align with a common longitudinal axis and a first joint is formed at the intersection of the first stem part and the second stem part, wherein the first stem part and the second stem part at the first joint each have a similar diameter, and whereby an assembled fishing float stem consists of the second stem part inserted into the first stem part.