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US 4,067,134 AGranted
Fishing line holder
OwnerMaurice A. Billingsinventor
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Abstract
A spring snap is swivally connected to a guide on a fishing rod. A pair of reverse-acting clamping jaws has intermediate portions biased away from each other by a coil spring mounted therebetween are pivotably connected to the snap at one end and have a second terminal end clamping a lure, hook, or the like tied on an end of a line on the fishing rod therebetween to prevent the line from tangling when transporting the rod.
Claims7
A fishing line holder adapted to be mounted on a guide on a fishing rod comprising:
- a spring snap having a J-shaped terminal end portion pivotably connected to a substantially linear arm resiliently abutting the terminal end portion, said J-shaped terminal portion being adapted to swivelly receive a guide on a fishing rod on its interior surface which is locked thereto by said linear arm;
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- a reverse acting clamp pivotably connected to the juncture of said linear arm and J-shaped terminal portion of said snap swivel, said clamp including
- a pair of jaws having a first portion pivotably connected at one end, one of said jaws passing through a slot in the other, the other ends of said jaws defining a clamping second portion bent back towards each other to receive a lure or the like on the end of a fishing line on said rod in clamped engagement therebetween;
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- means between the first portion of said jaws for normally urging the first portion of said jaws away from each other and the second portion thereof towards each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.