Fishing pole handle assembly with enclosed signal light means

Claim 1

A SUBSTANTIALLY FULLY ENCLOSED WATERPROOF SIGNAL LIGHT MEANS FOR FISHING POLE HANDLES, SAID MEANS AND HANDLE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SMOOTH EXTERIORLY AND SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF LATERAL PROJECTIONS, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A TUBULAR ELONGATED HANDLE BODY PORTION HAVING ONE END CLOSED AND ITS OPPOSITE END OPEN AND INTERNALLY SCREW-THREADED AND FORMED OF TRANSLUCENT MATERIAL AT LEAST AT SAID CLOSED END, A SIGNAL LIGHT AND BATTERY UNIT DISPOSED WITHIN SAID HANDLE BODY PORTION AND SUBSTANTIALLY FULLY ENCLOSED AND PROTECTED THEREBY, SAID SIGNAL LIGHT DISPOSED NEAR SAID CLOSED END OF THE HANDLE BODY PORTION, SAID BATTERY UNIT HAVING A TERMINAL NEAR AND INWARDLY OF THE OPEN END OF THE HANDLE BODY PORTION, A RECIPROCATORY CONTACT PIN CARRIED BY SAID LIGHT AND BATTERY UNIT ADJACENT THE OPEN END OF THE HANDLE BODY PORTION, SPRING MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID CONTACT PIN AND NORMALLY MAINTAINING IT SPACED AXIALLY FROM SAID BATTERY TERMINAL WITH THE FORWARD END OF SAID PIN PROJECTING FORWARDLY OF SAID UNIT AND HANDLE BODY PORTION, A METALLIC HANDLE CONNECTOR PORTION OF APPROXIMATELY THE SAME DIAMETER AS THE HANDLE BODY PORTION ARRANGED FORWARDLY THEREOF AND ABUTTING THE OPEN END OF THE SAME AND HAVING AN AXIAL TUBULAR SCREW-THREADED EXTENSION ENGAGEABLE WITH THE SCREW-THREADS OF THE HANDLE BODY PORTION AND RECEIVING AND ENCLOSING THE ADJACENT END OF SAID UNIT AND SAID CONTACT PIN, SAID HANDLE CONNECTOR PORTION HAVING AN INTERNAL CHAMBER RECEIVING THE FORWARD END OF THE CONTACT PIN AND A SIDE OPENING EXTENDING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID UNIT AND CONTACT PIN, A CAM SHAFT JOURNALED FOR ROTATION WITHIN SAID SIDE OPENING IN CLOSE FITTING RELATION THERETO AND PROJECTING A SHORT DISTANCE ONLY BEYOND ONE SIDE OF THE HANDLE CONNECTOR PORTION, AN ECCENTRIC CAM ON SAID CAM SHAFT WITHIN SAID CHAMBER AND INTERMITTENTLY ENGAGEABLE WITH THE FORWARD END OF THE CONTACT PIN DURING ROTATION OF THE CAM SHAFT TO SHIFT THE REAR END OF THE PIN INTO GROUNDING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID BATTERY TERMINAL AND THEREBY CAUSING FLASHING OF THE SIGNAL LIGHT, AND A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT DISC ELEMENT SECURED TO SAID CAM SHAFT EXTERIORLY OF SAID HANDLE CONNECTOR PORTION AND CLOSE TO ONE SIDE THEREOF AND HAVING A SINGLE HOOK EXTENSION FOR DETACHABLE CONNECTION WITH A FISHING LINE, TENSION ON THE FISHING LINE CAUSING ROTATION OF SAID DISC ELEMENT AND CAM SHAFT.