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US 4,391,059 AGranted
Automatic fish hook setter
AssigneeRobert J. Spitz
InventorsSamuel Cordova, Robert J. Spitz
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Abstract
A fishing pole holder for use during fishing having a spring biased tube for the pole handle, and a latch for holding the tube in cocked position with a release trigger activated by a fish line, when a fish takes the bait at the end of line.
Claims4
In an automatic fishing device having a base for securing to a rigid structure, and a pivoted pole holding tube spring biased to an upright position, the improvement of:
- (a) latch/release means arranged to temporarily hold the pole holding tube in downwardly pivoted position,
- (b) said latch/release means including:
- (1) a plate generally centrally mounted for limited pivotal movement on the base and an upright latch plate mounted on said plate and having an aperture therein,
- (2) spring means biasing said plate toward a latching direction,
- (3) stop means limiting the biased pivotal movement of said plate in said latching direction,
- (4) a pin mounted on the pole holding tube positioned to mate with and be held in said aperture in said latch plate,
- (5) the top edge of said latch plate being beveled toward said pin so as to aid the latching of the pole holding tube, and
- (6) trigger means rigidly secured to said latch/release means and having a portion extending beyond said latch plate and generally aligned therewith, said portion extending beyond said latch plate including fish line holding means, whereby said latch/release means permits easy one hand latching of said pole holding tube in a down position under spring bias.
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