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US 4,232,470 AGranted
Fish hook
OwnerJoe A. Steffick, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A fish hook with a reverse bend near the end of the shank which forms an almost closed loop. A second hook or auxiliary lure or streamer may be attached by slipping the eye thereof over the point and barb of the first hook and snapping the eye of the second hook into the loop near the end of the shank of the first hook.
Claims3
A fish hook, comprising:
- an elongated shank,
- a first generally U-shaped loop portion having one end thereof connected to the lower end of said shank, the other end of said loop portion extending upwardly toward said shank,
- a second generally U-shaped portion connected at one end thereof to the other end of said loop portion and being spaced from said shank a distance less than the thickness of said shank, said second U-shaped portion being curved in a reverse manner to that of said loop portion, the other end of said second U-shaped portion extending downwardly in generally parallel relation to said other end of said loop portion and being spaced therefrom a distance greater than the thickness of said shank,
- a generally U-shaped hook portion connected to the other end of said second U-shaped portion,
- whereby the eye portion of a second hook or lure may be fitted over said hook portion, passed through said second U-shaped portion, and snap-fitted between said second U-shaped portion and said shank into said loop portion so as to be removably connected to said fish hook.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.