# US 4,391,059 A · Automatic fish hook setter

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- Number: US 4,391,059 A
- Document ID: US4391059A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/253,065
- Filed: 1981-04-10
- Granted: 1983-07-05
- Earliest claimed: 1981-04-10
- Assignees: Robert J. Spitz
- Inventors: Samuel Cordova; Robert J. Spitz
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4391059A

## CPC

- A01K 97/11: with automatic hooking devices
- A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The improvement of claim 1, wherein said stop means limiting movement of said plate is a threaded member providing adjustable stop means for changing sensitivity of release of the pole holding tube.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The improvement of claim 1, wherein said pin includes a sloped surface mating with the sloped surface of said latch plate.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The improvement of claim 1, wherein said pin is mounted in an angle member rigidly secured to the pole holding tube.