Apparatus for attaching a hook to a fishing lure or bait
OwnerMax Scholfieldinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for attaching a fishing hook to a bait or lure has a base having a flat bottom surface. The bottom surface has slots on opposed sides and an opening. A post is attached to or is formed with the base and extends perpendicularly to the surface. The post has a tapered end opposed to the base and at least one opening therein for disposing a fishing hook. The at least one opening comprises overlapping circular apertures. The apertures are arranged to enable passage therethrough of the fishing hook only when a barbed end thereof is aligned with an axis connecting centers of the apertures.
Claims6
An apparatus for attaching a fishing hook to a bait or lure, comprising:
- a base having a flat bottom surface, the flat bottom surface having slots on opposed sides and an opening through the base;
- a post attached to or formed with the base at one end of the post, the post extending perpendicularly to the flat bottom surface of the base, the post having a tapered end opposed to the one end attached to or formed with the base, the post having at least one opening therethrough for disposing a fishing hook, the at least one opening comprising overlapping circular apertures, the overlapping circular apertures arranged to enable passage therethrough of the fishing hook at a barbed end thereof only when the barbed end is aligned with an axis connecting centers of the overlapping circular apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.