Fishing tool
AssigneeChinook Marine Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsJon I. Allsop, Renato F. Paulic
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Abstract
A multi-purpose fishing tool to aid in the cutting of line and the maintenance of fish hooks and flies is disclosed. The fishing tool comprises two normally spaced-apart hand grips that are attached to a common flexure assembly. A knife blade is mounted to one of the hand grips and is oriented and directed to abut an anvil surface on the other hand grip. One of the hand grips contains a storage compartment that is normally enclosed by an outer cover of the hand grip. The second hand grip contains a file that can be extended through an opening in the butt end of the hand grip for the actuation of a lever normally seated in a slot in the base of the hand grip. A pin for cleaning the eyelet of flies and hooks is mounted to the frame of the tool.
Claims22
A fishing tool comprising:
- a generally U-shaped frame comprising two spaced-apart inner walls attached to a U-shaped flexure, said frame formed of an integral piece of material;
- first and second covers, each said cover disposed over a separate one of said frame inner walls such that each cover and associated frame inner wall forms a handgrip;
- a knife blade on a first one of said handgrips and an anvil surface on the other of said handgrips, wherein said knife blade is oriented and positioned to abut said anvil surface when said handgrips are squeezed together;
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- a file disposed in one of said handgrips and adapted to be moved from a stored position to an extended position.
A fishing tool, comprising:
- a generally U-shaped frame formed of an integral piece of material comprising two spaced-apart inner walls attached to a U-shaped flexure and a pair of sidewalls, a front wall and a rear wall attached to one of said frame inner walls to define a storage compartment;
- first and second covers, each said cover disposed over a separate one of said frame inner walls such that each said cover and frame inner wall pair forms a handgrip, wherein said cover disposed over said frame inner wall associated with said storage compartment is releasably secured to said sidewalls over said storage compartment;
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- a knife blade on a first one of said handgrip and an anvil surface on a surface of said other of said handgrips, wherein said knife blade is oriented and positioned to abut said anvil surface when said handgrips are squeezed together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.