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US 3,940,870 AGranted
Bait holder
OwnerKjell Petterseninventor
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Abstract
A bait holding device has an elongated rod divided by a hand plate and has a handle and line attaching loop member on one end and a plurality of projecting barbs and a line attaching loop member on the other end. A container encapsulates the bait holding device and is divided into a sheath at one end and a top container at the other end.
Claims10
In apparatus for holding a bait, the combination comprising:
- elongated rod means made of a substantially rigid material;
- guard means for concentrating bait engaging force, said guard means dividing said rod into first and second portions and having a perimeter projecting outwardly from said rod to define the outer limit of a space surrounding said portions;
- grip means included in said first portion and abutting said guard means;
- apertures for accepting tie-on lines, one aperture being located at each end of said rod means, and
- a plurality of bait engaging barbs projecting outwardly from said second portion wherein each barb projects outwardly a distance less than the distance between said second portion and said outer limit whereby said guard means can accomodate and hold in place a barb covering sheath surrounding said second portion.
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In apparatus for holding a bait, the combination comprising:
- elongated rod means made of a substantially rigid material;
- guard means for concentrating bait engaging force, said guard means dividing said rod into first and second portions;
- grip means included in said first portion and abutting said guard means;
- apertures for accepting tie-on lines, one aperture 10 being located at each end of said rod means;
- a plurality of bait engaging barbs projecting from said second portion, and
- an encapsulating housing wherein said housing is divided into a sheath section and a cylindrical top container, said sheath section being adapted to protectively accomodate said second portion and said top section having an exterior handle, a lip at one end adapted to accept a cover cap, a lip at the other end adapted to removably engage said sheath section and said guard means, and disk means for dividing the interior thereof into first and second compartments suitable for accomodating said grip means and selected user accessories, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.