I don't know about the rest of the guys on crappie.com but I work a day job.
I have dreams about licensing my patent to a company. Well actually only providing sole rights to make them using certain materials. Maybe one of the big companies that make Styrofoam type bobbers with spring clamps will want to stay a head of the curve and make my latest design. I designed it especially for EPS bobber maker machines.
There are 2 big companies that I know of - Plastilite and Comal that might be interested, especially if they knew the other one was. Maybe even Wing-It but they don't have the machinery.
You can get Comal or Plastilite floats in packs of 3 or 4 for a couple bucks but how much more would one be worth if it had directional control? I think an extra quarter each would be a great deal? Those guys can make millions of them and sell them quickly and that is something I can't do because the tackle industry as a whole isn't friendly to outsiders butting in.