Fishing float

Claim 1

A HINGED FISHING FLOAT COMPRISING A GENERALLY FLAT FOLDABLE CENTRAL PARTITION HAVING A FIRST SECTION AND A COMPLEMENTARY SECOND SECTION SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME THICKNESS AS SAID FIRST SECTION AND A FLEXIBLE HINGE PORTION OF REDUCED THICKNESS FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH THE SAID SECTIONS AND OF THE SAME MATERIAL AS SAID SECTIONS THEREBY JOINING THE SAME TOGETHER, SAID PARTITION BEING FOLDABLE ABOUT A HINGE AXIS LOCATED IN SAID REDUCED THICKNESS PORTION AND BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN AN OPENED POSITION AFFORDING ACCESS TO A FISHING LINE PASSING THROUGH SAID FLOAT AND A FOLDED POSITION WITH SAID SECTIONS IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER AND RESTRICTING ACESS TO SAID LINE, ONE OF SAID PARTITION SECTIONS HAVING A GROOVE EXTENDING ACROSS THE INNER FACE THEREOF GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID HINGE AXIS FOR RECEIVING SAID LINE SAID GROOVE BEING OF A SIZE SUFFICIENT FOR POSITIONING SAID LINE THEREIN AND WITHOUT SAID LINE BEING CLAMPED INTO CONTACT WITH THE FACE OF THE OTHER PARTITION SECTION, ONE OF SAID PARTITION SECTIONS HAVING A PROJECTION FORMED INTEGRALLY THEREWITH ON ITS INNER FACE AND ADAPTED FOR INSERTION WITH A FRICTIONAL FIT INTO A COMPLEMENTARY RECESS ON THE INNER FACE OF THE OTHER PARTITION SECTION WHEN SAID PARTITION OCCUPIES ITS FOLDED POSITION THEREBY TO LATCH SAID PARTITION IN SAID FOLDED POSITION, AND A PAIR OF BUOYANT STABILIZING MEMBERS CARRIED BY THE OUTER FACES OF THE RESPECT PARTITION SECTIONS, SAID STABILIZING MEMBERS WHEN SAID FLOAT IS IN FULLY OPENED POSITION BEING SPACED OUT OF CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER AND SUFFICIENTLY FAR FROM THE HINGE AXIS TO AVOID INTERFERENCE WITH THE FLEXING ACTION OF SAID HINGE WHEN SAID FLOAT IS MOVED TO CLOSED POSITION.