Fish stringer with holder
OwnerCecil R. Brannoninventor
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Abstract
A fish stringer is detachably connected to a belt clip and intended to be suspended from the waist in shallow water for example. The belt clip has a socket including one or more detent(s) therein for retaining the shank of the stringer. The upper end of the stringer shank has an upset portion thereon in order to retain the shank within the socket. A clamp removably unites the shank to a length of string on one end of which is a hoop member. The shank of the stringer is adapted to be removed from the belt clip and to be replaced thereon by the use of one hand of the wearer.
Claims9
A fish stringer for securing freshly caught fish comprising a holder member having a body portion with front and rear faces and a clip portion for releasably attaching the holder member to a support member, said holder member having an elongated open sided passage therethrough one end of which is enlarged to form an open ended socket therein, an elongated shank member having a free end and an opposite end, a length of stringer cord attached to the opposite end of the shank member, said shank member having a size to freely extend through the elongated passage in the holder member and to enter through the open side thereof, an enlarged upset mounted on the shank member at an intermediate location, said upset having a cross-section that enables it to move into the socket portion of the elongated passage but not through the elongated passage, a detent formed in the holder member adjacent to the open side of the passage to restrict lateral passage of the shank member into and out of the passage, said detent being yieldable under pressure on the shank member to enable the shank member to move laterally into or out of the elongated passage.
A fish stringer including a holder member having spaced opposite side surfaces and spaced opposite ends, a clip portion connected to one of said ends for suspending the holder member from a support structure such as a belt or the like, a portion of the holder member extending outwardly from the opposite side of the holder member from the clip portion, an elongated passage having a side opening thereinto extending through said outwardly extending portion, an end surface on the portion of the holder member adjacent one end of the passage, the side opening into the passage having detent means thereon, an elongated shank having a diameter large enough to pass through the opening into the passage when sufficient lateral force is applied thereto against the detent means, said shank member having a free end and an opposite end, enlargement means on the shank member at an intermediate location therealong engageable with the holder member adjacent one end of the passage to prevent longitudinal movement of the shank member through the passage in one direction and a stringing cord attached to the opposite end of the shank member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.