Angler's Rigging Jig Magnetic Retainer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Anglers face difficulties in manipulating small and delicate fishing lures, lines, and sinkers during rig adjustments due to the lack of a stable, hands-free solution for temporarily holding and orienting these components, leading to dropped items and increased complexity in tasks like knot tying.
Innovation Solution
A multi-functional device, the Angler's Rigging Jig, provides a stable, hands-free platform for temporarily retaining and orienting hooks, lines, and sinkers, using elastomeric bumpers and magnets to hold monofilament and tools, allowing for controlled hook threading and knot tying without the need for the mouth or hands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If anglers use mouth and lips to temporarily hold hook, line and sinker during rig adjustments, then hands are free to manipulate tools and tackle, but speaking, drinking and eating become difficult or impossible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a magnetic retainer device as an intermediary tool between the angler's hands and the fishing tackle. The retainer holds hooks, sinkers, and other magnetic components on its surface, freeing both hands for manipulating tools and tackle while not interfering with the angler's ability to speak, drink, or eat.
2Device complexity
If anglers perform rig adjustments without a stable holding surface, then no additional equipment is needed, but items are easily dropped and lost in wind, water, or shoreline
Solution Approach 1:
The magnetic retainer device provides self-service by automatically holding magnetic fishing components (hooks, sinkers, split shots) on its surface through magnetic attraction. This eliminates the need for additional holding equipment while ensuring items remain secure and cannot be accidentally dropped or lost.
3Ease of operation
If anglers use hands to hold and manipulate small delicate lures and line during rig adjustments, then direct control is achieved, but manipulation difficulty increases and precision decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The magnetic retainer serves as an intermediary platform that holds small delicate components (hooks, sinkers, split shots) in stable positions on its surface. This allows anglers to manipulate these components with tools and hands without the difficulty of holding them between fingers, improving both ease of operation and assembly precision.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient and precise assembly and adjustment of fishing rigs, reducing the risk of lost items and simplifying tasks like knot tying, while keeping potentially toxic materials out of the mouth and improving overall fishing rig construction efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
The jig also temporarily retains ferromagnetic (iron-containing) tools/tackle (including forceps, nippers, and lure boxes) commonly used during terminal rig adjustments.
Implementation Method 2
three cylindrical elastomeric recessed bumpers are individually and permanently attached with a machine screw and washer
Implementation Method 3
Elastomeric bumpers gently hold and align delicate monofilament of a variety of sizes without damaging line
Data Source
AI summary
In general, a jig is a device that mechanically maintains the correct positional relationship between a piece of work and a tool, or between parts of work during assembly. The Anglers Rigging Jig is a device that mechanically and magnetically retains and maintains the correct positional relationship between pieces of terminal fishing rig during assembly, as well as tools commonly used in this process. Standard pieces of terminal fishing rig include fishing monofilament, hooks, sinkers, and bobbers. Standard tools include fishing line nippers, forceps, hook-eye threaders, hook-eye cleaners and hook point sharpeners. The Angler's Rigging Jig expedites terminal rig modifications by retaining and orienting these items in a systematic fashion. It is a replacement for the lips/mouth while tying knots and adjusting terminal rigging.