Fishing signal device

Claim 1

A SIGNAL DEVICE ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION WITH A FISHING LINE MOUNTED ON A FISHING POLE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A HOUSING HAVING A SLOT FORMED THEREIN; A TRIGGER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING WITH A PORTION THEREOF EXTENDED THROUGH SAID SLOT WHEN SAID TRIGGER IS IN AN INOPERATIVE POSITION, SAID PORTION ENGAGEABLE BY THE LINE, SAID TRIGGER MOVABLE FROM SAID INOPERATIVE POSITION TO AN OPERATIVE POSITION IN RESPONSE TO A PULL ON SAID LINE AGAINST SAID PORTION; MEANS INSERTED THROUGH SAID HOUSING AND FRICTIONALLY ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID TRIGGER, SAID MEANS ADJUSTABLE TO VARY THE AMOUNT OF SAID FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT; MEANS ROTATABLY INSERTED IN SAID HOUSING AND ADAPTED TO RETRACTABLY ENGAGE SAID TRIGGER AND TO PIVOT SAID TRIGGER TOWARD SAID INOPERATIVE POSITION WITH SAID PORTION EXTENDED FROM SAID HOUSING; SPRING MEANS OPERATIVELY ENGAGED TO AND EXTENDED BETWEEN SAID ROTATABLY INSERTED MEANS AND SAID HOUSING TO BIAS SAID ROTATABLY INSERTED MEANS AWAY FROM SAID TRIGGER; AND ELECTRICALLY OPERABLE SIGNAL MEANS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND OPERATED IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID TRIGGER TO ENGAGEMENT THEREOF BY SAID TRIGGER UPON ITS OPERATIVE POSITION.