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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Johnny M Pearson, Seminole, OK (US);
Terry W Smith, Guymon, OK (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
441-8 ; 43 25 ;
Abstract
A marker-retriever mountable on a fishing rod, hand tool, or other article to be used near water, for marking and retrieving the submerged article should the article be dropped into water; the marker-retriever including, generally, a housing comprising a fixed housing member, a releasable housing member, and a wrapper partially enclosing the housing members to maintain cooperation therebetween, attaching means for securing the housing to the article, a buoy disposed within the housing, release means for releasing the buoy from the housing when the article is submerged, and a line connecting the buoy to the attaching means.