Fishhook remover
OwnerTimotheos G. Simosinventor
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Abstract
A fishhook remover for dehooking a fishhook from a catch is provided. The fishhook remover includes a first jaw and a second jaw, wherein the first jaw has a needle for engaging an eye of the fishhook, the needle projecting from a surface of the first jaw toward an opposing surface of the second jaw; wherein the second jaw has an opening on the opposing surface that is configured to receive the needle. The first and second jaws are operatively coupled to move between an open position where the first and second jaws are separated by a maximum distance possible and the eye of the fishhook can fit over the needle, and a closed position where the first and second jaws are at their closest approach to one another and the needle contacts the second jaw to securely retain the fishhook between the first and second jaws.
Claims19
A fishhook remover for dehooking a fishhook from a catch, the fishhook remover comprising:
- a first jaw and a second jaw, each comprising a first end and a second end;
- wherein the first jaw comprises a needle for engaging an eye of the fishhook, the needle projecting from a surface of the first jaw toward an opposing surface of the second jaw;
- wherein the first jaw further comprises a first elongated channel on the surface of the first jaw that is configured to receive a shank of the fishhook, the first elongated channel being aligned with the needle and centered with respect to lateral edges of the first jaw and longitudinally positioned between the needle and the first end of the first jaw;
- wherein the opposing surface of the second jaw comprises an opening configured to receive the needle, the opening being circumferentially enclosed by the second jaw and positioned at a spaced distance from a first end of the second jaw;
- wherein the second jaw further comprises a second elongated channel on the opposing surface of the second jaw that is configured to receive the shank of the fishhook, the second elongated channel being aligned with the opening about a longitudinal axis of the fishhook remover and centered with respect to lateral edges of the second jaw and longitudinally positioned between the opening and the first end of the second jaw;
- wherein the first and second jaws are operatively coupled to move between an open position in which the first and second jaws are separated by a maximum distance possible and the eye of the fishhook is insertable between the second jaw and the needle, and a closed position in which the first and second jaws are at their closest approach to one another and the needle enters the opening of the second jaw to securely retain the fishhook between the first and second jaws;
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- wherein the first elongated channel and the second elongated channel are configured to securely retain the shank of the fishhook in a position aligned with the first and second jaws when the first and second jaws are in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.