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US 4,057,927 AGranted
Reverse action weedless hook
AssigneeThe Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
InventorKenneth P. Marlowe
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Abstract
A wire spring is attached near the top of the fishhook and is hooked under the barb of the hook. The shape of the spring is such that the spring stays hooked under the barb until a fish bites the hook to prevent the barb from getting stuck in weeds. After a fish bites, the movable end of the spring becomes forcibly disengaged from the barb, pushing the hook point into the fish's mouth.
Claims5
A weedless fishhook device comprising:
- a generally J shaped fishhook with an eye at the top of the J and an upwardly facing barb at the bottom of the J;
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- an elongated wire spring having a fixed end secured to the fishhook adjacent the eye and a movable end having a spherical ball affixed thereto, said movable end normally extending along the barb with the ball being hooked underneath the barb with the spring passing through the eye intermediate its ends, the spring having a shape at which when the ball is disengaged from the barb the spring snaps downwardly and away from the barb leaving the bottom of the J and the barb fully exposed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.