IP Library Granted Patent US 10,251,383
Granted Patent B1
US 10,251,383 · App. 15/391,274 · Granted Apr 9, 2019

Flexible fishing house light-emitting device

Inventor: Matthew Jacob Topel (Garfield, MN)
A01K97/01F21L4/00F21V21/0885F21V21/145F21V23/0414F21W2131/40
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,251,383
App. No.
15/391,274
Granted
Apr 9, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

A flexible fishing hole light-emitting device for adjustably extending and shining a light into an ice fishing hole. The flexible fishing hole light-emitting device includes a base assembly adapted to be removably attached to an object, wherein the base assembly includes a power unit; and a light-emitting assembly including a flexible elongated support member and a light-emitting member with light-emitting diode in communication with the support member and the power unit.

Claims (5)

1. A flexible fishing hole light-emitting device comprising:

a base assembly adapted to be removably attached to an object, wherein the base assembly includes a power unit, wherein the power unit includes a housing having walls with a first opening disposed through one of the walls into the housing and a second opening disposed through another one of the walls in the housing, wherein the base assembly also includes a connector coupled to one of the walls of the housing and positioned about the second opening; and

a light-emitting assembly including a flexible elongated support member and a light-emitting member with a light-emitting diode in communication with the support member and the power unit, wherein the support member includes linkages pivotally connected end to end to form a flexible multi-jointed protective sheath, wherein each of the linkages has first and second ends with a socket disposed at the first end and a ball disposed at the second end, and a bore extending through each of the linkages and through the ball and the socket, wherein the linkages include a base linkage pivotally coupled to the connector and disposed upon and in alignment with the second opening.

2. The flexible fishing hole light-emitting device as described in claim 1 , wherein the linkages further include a support linkage coupled to the light-emitting member, and intermediate linkages disposed between the base linkage and the support linkage and coupled end to end.

3. The flexible fishing hole light-emitting device as described in claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting member includes a case having first and second open ends with the first open end coupled to the support linkage with the light-emitting diode disposed in the case proximate to the second open end and in operable communication with the power switch and the power supply to emit a light beam from the case through the second open end.