US-12616182-B2 - Angled planar board and set configured to avoid fishing line entanglement

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Abstract

A system and process for entanglement avoidance of multiple fishing lines being cast and driven from the motivation of a fishing boat or a stream of moving water such as a creek or river involving individual fishing line director components designed to utilize the relative mass flow of water around it for the separation of adjacent fishing line directors and accomplishing it's stable relative position behind a boat or moving water source via setting of it's forward rudder angle which creates more or less lateral force to maintain a specific lateral position allowing multiple fishing lines to spread apart behind a boat or moving water source.

Inventors

Marty Gale Price

Assignees

Marty Gale Price

Dates

Publication Date: 20260505
Application Date: 20241223

Claims (17)

1 . An angled planar board, the angled planar board comprising: a floating member configured to float, the floating member including: a front end, the front end including an angled face; wherein, when a fishing line is connected to the floating member on the front end and the floating member is exposed to a current, the angled face provides a predictable lateral force to the floating member based on the current; wherein the floating member further including a front hole positioned in the angled face; wherein, the front end is configured to be connected to the fishing line on the angled face via the front hole; and wherein the front hole is centered about a width of the floating member in the angled face.
2 . The angled planar board of claim 1 , wherein the floating member further including a bottom surface with a bottom hole positioned therein, the bottom hole is connected with the front hole via a connecting channel.
3 . The angled planar board of claim 2 , wherein the bottom hole is positioned on the bottom surface at a balance point location of the floating member.
4 . The angled planar board of claim 3 , wherein the balance point location of the floating member is a centroid of the floating member.
5 . The angled planar board of claim 4 , wherein the centroid of the floating member is determined by: lining up three angled planar boards; drawing two lines from furthest points; finding an intersection of the two lines; and wherein, the intersection of the two lines is the centroid.
6 . The angled planar board of claim 2 , wherein, the fishing line is configured to be connected to the front end of the floating member by inserting the fishing line through the connecting channel.
7 . The angled planar board of claim 6 , wherein the fishing line includes a hook or a lure at a distal end hanging from the bottom hole on the bottom surface.
8 . The angled planar board of claim 7 , wherein the fishing line further includes: a slip stop positioned on the fishing line configured to allow a depth of the hook or the lure from the bottom surface to be adjusted and to allow the angled planar board to be cast into position in the current; a swivel connection on the fishing line configured to allow the hook or the lure to rotate freely; a sinker connected on the fishing line approximate the hook or the lure configured to provide weight to the fishing line approximate the hook or the lure; and combinations thereof.
9 . The angled planar board of claim 2 , wherein the connecting channel including: a recess in the bottom hole with a bottom sleeve seated therein; a font sleeve recessed in the front hole; and a tube connected between the bottom sleeve and the font sleeve.
10 . The angled planar board of claim 1 , further comprising a color scheme, the color scheme comprising: a top portion color being a highly visible color, where the top portion color is configured to be visible on top of the current to fisherman; and a bottom portion color being an obscure color, where the bottom portion color is configured to be obscured from fish.
11 . An angled planar board, the angled planar board comprising: a floating member configured to float, the floating member including: a front end, the front end including an angled face; a front hole positioned in the angled face, the front hole is centered about a width of the floating member in the angled face; a bottom surface with a bottom hole positioned therein, the bottom hole is positioned on the bottom surface at a balance point location of the floating member, the bottom hole is connected with the front hole via a connecting channel, wherein the connecting channel including: a recess in the bottom hole with a bottom sleeve seated therein; a font sleeve recessed in the front hole; and a tube connected between the bottom sleeve and the font sleeve; wherein, the front end is configured to be connected to a fishing line on the angled face via the front hole; wherein, the fishing line is configured to be connected to the front end of the floating member by inserting the fishing line through the connecting channel; wherein the fishing line includes a hook or a lure at a distal end hanging from the bottom hole on the bottom surface; wherein, when the fishing line is connected to the floating member on the front end and the floating member is exposed to a current, the angled face providing a predictable lateral force to the floating member based on the current; wherein the fishing line further includes: a slip stop positioned on the fishing line configured to allow a depth of the hook or the lure from the bottom surface to be adjusted and to allow the angled planar board to be cast into position in the current; a swivel connection on the fishing line configured to allow the hook or the lure to rotate freely; a sinker connected on the fishing line approximate the hook or the lure configured to provide weight to the fishing line approximate the hook or the lure; and combinations thereof.
12 . A set of angled planar boards configured to avoid entanglement of fishing lines in a current, each of the angled planar boards of the set comprising: a floating member configured to float, the floating member including: a front end, the front end including an angled face; a front hole positioned in the angled face wherein, when one of the fishing lines is connected to the floating member on the front end and the floating member is exposed to the current, the angled face providing a predictable lateral force to the floating member based on the current; and wherein, the angled face of each floating member of the set of angled planar boards is different, wherein the predictable lateral force to each of the floating members is different.
13 . The set of angled planar boards of claim 12 , wherein each angled planar board of the set of angled planar boards further comprising: the front hole is centered about a width of the floating member in the angled face; a bottom surface with a bottom hole positioned therein, the bottom hole is positioned on the bottom surface at a balance point location of the floating member, the bottom hole is connected with the front hole via a connecting channel, wherein the connecting channel including: a recess in the bottom hole with a bottom sleeve seated therein; a font sleeve recessed in the front hole; and a tube connected between the bottom sleeve and the font sleeve; wherein, the front end is configured to be connected to one of the fishing lines on the angled face via the front hole; wherein, the one of the fishing lines is configured to be connected to the front end of the floating member by inserting the one of the fishing lines through the connecting channel; wherein the one of the fishing lines includes a hook or a lure at a distal end hanging from the bottom hole on the bottom surface; wherein the one of the fishing lines further includes: a slip stop positioned on the one of the fishing lines configured to allow a depth of the hook or the lure from the bottom surface to be adjusted and to allow the angled planar board to be cast into position in the current; a swivel connection on the one of the fishing lines configured to allow the hook or the lure to rotate freely; a sinker connected on the one of the fishing lines approximate the hook or the lure configured to provide weight to the one of the fishing lines approximate the hook or the lure; and combinations thereof.
14 . The set of angled planar boards of claim 12 , wherein, the angled face of each of the angled planar boards of the set of angled planar boards is different at a calculated interval, wherein the predictable lateral force to each of the floating members is different at the calculated interval for spacing each of the set of angled planar boards in the current.
15 . The set of angled planar boards of claim 12 comprising a plurality of left pulling angled planar boards and a plurality of right pulling angled planar boards.
16 . The set of angled planar boards of claim 15 , wherein: the plurality of left pulling angled planar boards including a first color scheme and a first numbering scheme, the first numbering scheme is configured to identify the different angled faces of each of the plurality of left pulling angled planar boards; the plurality of right pulling angled planar boards including a second color scheme and a second numbering scheme, the second numbering scheme is configured to identify the different angled faces of each of the plurality of right pulling angled planar boards; and wherein, the first color scheme is dissimilar from the second color scheme for differentiating the plurality of left pulling angled planar boards from the plurality of right pulling angled planar boards.
17 . The set of angled planar boards of claim 16 wherein: the plurality of left pulling angled planar boards including seven of the left pulling angled planar boards with the first numbering scheme being 1-7; and the plurality of right pulling angled planar boards including seven of the right pulling angled planar boards with the second numbering scheme being 1-7.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims benefit to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/731,401, filed on Apr. 30, 2024, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety. FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE The present invention relates generally to a system and method for entanglement avoidance of multiple fishing lines being cast and driven from the motivation of a fishing boat or a stream of moving water such as a creek or river. BACKGROUND Trolling is a method of fishing where one or more fishing lines, baited with lures or bait fish, are drawn through the water at a consistent, low speed. This may be behind a moving boat, or by slowly winding the line in when fishing from a static position, or even sweeping the line from side-to-side, e.g. when fishing from a jetty. Trolling from a moving boat involves moving quite slowly through the water. Multiple lines are often used, and line-spreading trolling devices can be used reduce their chances of tangling. Trolling, as used herein, may also refer to fishing in currents, like river bank fishing, where a line or multiple lines are casted out into position in the river, where the lures or bait fish are dragged through the current, i.e. the position of the lure or bait is held constant in the moving current. There are many forms of line-spreading trolling devices, including outriggers, downriggers, paravanes, spreaders, and planar boards. Outriggers are poles which allow a boat to troll several lines in the water without tangling. A downrigger is a device used while trolling to keep a baited hook or lure at the desired depth. In practice, fish swim at different depths according to factors such as the temperature and amount of light in the water, and the speed and direction of water currents. A downrigger consists of a horizontal pole which supports a weight, typically about 6 pounds lead, on a steel cable. A clip called a “line release” attaches the fishing line to the weight, and the bait or lure is attached to the release. Paravanes, also known as underwater kites, are sometimes used as depth controlling devices, particularly in commercial tuna fishing operations. These kites have various shapes, such as arrowhead paravanes, flexi-wing paravanes, and bi-wing paravanes. These paravanes devices can place the lure or bait at designated depths and positions; and in this way multiple devices can be towed at the same time without the devices and bait interfering with each other. Spreaders are devices that allow multiple baited hooks or lures to be trolled from a single line. There are many inventive spreader designs, such as devices which cause the baited hooks or lures to move in helical patterns, or in other various sophisticated emulation of the schooling behavior of schools of fish. Planar boards are trolled devices designed to spread fishing lures out away from the fishing vessel. They allow multiple lines to be trolled. They come in dual board and inline board designs. Dual board designs consist of two boards that are spaced apart and attached by a line to a mast near the front of the boat with a separate fishing line in a spring tension release clip that separates when the fishing line is set. Inline boards are attached directly to the fishing line and a spring tension clip that releases upon setting or tripping the planar board so it slides down the fishing line to a swivel tied several feet in front of the lure. Once tripped they offer much less resistance when reeling in a fish As such, techniques for the avoidance of fishing lines are known. Furthermore, the known methodologies utilize separation of fishing lines via: fishing lines attached to broad members (spreader bars) dragged behind a boat or moving water relative to the fishing line deployment. However, obtaining consistent separation of the fishing lines during a fishing episode has long been a problem. Prior systems have attempted to manage fishing lines' separation by the dragging of spreader bars with the fishing lines attached with spacing along the breath of the spreader bar with limited success as the fishing lines have no function by design to stay separated, and, as such, eventually find themselves entangled due to boat or water stream change of direction, therefore is limited in its application. As such, there is a need in the art for fishing line separation systems that will manage multiple fishing lines utilizing individual fishing line motivation for the collective separation of the entire number of fishing lines employed during a fishing episode. The instant disclosure may be designed to address at least certain aspects of the problems or needs discussed above by providing an angled planar board and set configured to avoid fishing line entanglement. SUMMARY The present disclosure may solve the aforementioned limitations of the currently available fishing devices and means for fishing, by providing an angled planar board and set configured to avoid fishing line enta