Patents by Inventor Robert C. Seay

Robert C. Seay has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7437850
    Abstract: A fishing float includes a magnetic lock mechanism within the float to allow for the adjustment of a fishing line through the float to adjust the length of the fishing line through the float to select the appropriate depth of the bait or lure below the fishing float without having to reel in the bait and adjust the depth from the shore. The float, once engaged by a quick tug on the fishing line, is locked into place by a rocking magnetic lock member engaging a serrated transverse locking pin across a longitudinal line channel, capturing fishing line placed between the magnetic lock member and the locking pin, the lock member and the locking being magnetically attracted to each other. The magnetic lock member is disengaged by a quick tug on the fishing line causing a pivotal trigger to release the magnetic lock member from the locking pin allowing the fishing line to move freely through the line channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Inventors: Robert C. Seay, Kevin L Sandmann
  • Patent number: 6550179
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fishing float having a magnetic lock mechanism within the float to allow for the adjustment of a fishing line through the float to adjust the length of the fishing line through the float to select the appropriate depth of the bait or lure below the fishing float without having to reel in the bait and adjust the depth from the shore. The float, once attached, is locking into place by a rocking magnetic lock wedge having an internal-non-magnetic metal ball inside the magnetic lock wedge to motivate the magnetic lock wedge either away from or towards a magnetic lock channel, capturing fishing line placed between the magnetic lock wedge and the magnetic lock channel, the lock wedge and the lock channel being magnetically attracted to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Inventor: Robert C. Seay