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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
May. 30, 2002
Mark Steiner, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Wendell Wilson, Marietta, GA (US);
Patrick Spivey, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jared Rudd, Buford, GA (US);
Darrell Watt, Marietta, GA (US);
Marti Elnicki, NE Atlanta, GA (US);
Techsonic Industries, Inc., Eufaula, AL (US);
Abstract
A portable fish finder device with a housing that defines a wrap cavity for receiving a signal cable that communicates between a depth finder device and a transducer attached to the water craft. A skirt connected to the housing moves between a first position covering the wrap cavity and a second position uncovering the cavity for winding or unwinding the signal cable. The depth finder device pivotally mounts to the housing to move between a storage position with a display screen received in a recess of the housing and an extended position for viewing the display. The cable winds into the wrap cavity for storage and unwinds when the housing is disposed on a portion of a water craft for use of the depth finder with the transducer communicating signals in a body of water for detecting underwater articles.