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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1993
Filed:
May. 01, 1992
Robert G Johnson, Seaview, WA (US);
Other;
Abstract
The plate body of a hydrodynamic depressor is composed of a flat central panel flanked along its opposite longitudinal edges by side panels disposed at dihedral angles to the central panel. The central panel carries a guide rod extending fore and aft along which a ring connected to a fishing line slides, and ribs are engageable by the guide rod to deter displacement of the connecting ring from a rearward position to a forward position or vice versa. A housing carried by the forward portion of the body has a cylindrical crossbore receiving a cylindrical weight that can be shifted transversely of the fishing line guide rod to trim the depressor for traveling along a course offset to port or starboard from the course of the leading end of the fishing line. The upper and lower surfaces of the side panels are crinkled or rippled to form light-reflecting surfaces producing a glitter for attracting fish.