# US 2013/0239459 A1 · Fish hook

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- Number: US 2013/0239459 A1
- Document ID: US20130239459A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/847,332
- Filed: 2013-03-19
- Published: 2013-09-19
- Earliest claimed: 2012-03-19
- Inventors: Howard Rosenberg
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130239459A1

## CPC

- A01K 83/06: Devices for holding bait on hooks
- A01K 83/00: Fish-hooks
- A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

## Abstract

Disclosed is an improved fish hook having a barb placed between the lower bend and the vertical climb of the shank. The positioning of the barb is strategically positioned a distance from the sharpened point thereby incurring the advantages of a barbless fish hook in combination with the advantages of a barbed fish hook.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A fishhook structure comprising a shank, means at one end of said shank for attaching to a flexible fishing line, said shank having a lower bend section and vertical climb section ending in a sharpened end point at the other end of said shank; and a barb positioned adjacent said lower end and directly before said vertical climb section.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The fishhook structure according to claim 1 wherein said shank is positioned substantially parallel to said vertical climb section with said lower bend section forming a U-shaped curved therebetween.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The fishhook structure according to claim 1 wherein said barb has a substantially flat lower surface, said lower surface positioned perpendicular to said shank.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The fishhook structure according to claim 1 wherein said barb is selected from the group consisting of: knife edge barb, opti-angle needle barb, micro barb, short barb, curved in barb, reversed barb, and kirbed barb.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The fishhook structure according to claim 1 wherein said barb is foamed into the hook said lower bend section.