Abstract: A spring loaded fishing device couples a fishing line, extending from a fishing rod and reel, to a leader or bait line. The fishing device has a spring mounted in a cylinder. A shaft, coupled to the spring, extends from the cylinder. The spring biases the shaft to a withdrawn position, resisting extension of the shaft. As a fish nibbles on the baited hook the shaft is extended against the spring, increasing a reactive force tending to return the shaft to its original position. Thus, as a fish tugs on a lure or bait, the spring loaded fishing device pulls the lure or bait back away from the fish, causing the fish to make a more aggressive strike at the lure or bait. Several embodiments of springs for accomplishing the desired action are described.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for affecting the formation and/or direction of a low atmospheric weather system. Audio generators are positioned to project sound waves toward a peripheral area of a weather system. The sound waves are generated at a frequency to affect the formation of the weather system in a manner to disrupt, enhance or direct the formation. The sound waves can also be projected in a manner to cause the system to produce rain.

Abstract: The shoe rack includes a pair of end supports and a platform releasably secured between the end supports. The platform is inclined from one side to the other and has a central upstanding shoulder providing a step for engagement by the heels of shoes for retaining the shoes on the platform. Like units similarly formed are stacked one on top of the other to provide a plurality of superposed platforms for supporting the shoes. The end supports of each underlying rack have upstanding pins cooperative with the margins of openings through the lower edges of the end supports of the next superposed rack for releasably securing the racks in stacked superposed relation one on top of the other. For an elongated rack, a central support is provided for supporting the intermediate portion of the platform.