ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,888, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Lake Lite Innovations LLC (Neenah, Wis.).
"Slip bobber" was invented by Mark W. Tushar (Neenah, Wis.) and Kenneth R. Mack (Neenah, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slip bobber includes a bobber body extending along a central longitudinal axis. The bobber body includes a forward-bottom portion and a rear-top portion. A full-length channel for accommodating the reception of a fishing line therethrough runs axially through the bobber body from a forward-bottom line opening to a rear-top line opening. A weight ballast is located between the line openings that results in a center of gravity of th...