Escape proof fish hook connector
OwnerEdward J. DuBoisinventor
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Abstract
A device for the quick connection and disconnection of a fish hook to the end of a fishing line includes a sister hook arrangement. The device is extraordinarily strong for its size and weight providing a significant advantage over known arrangements. The sister hook arrangement can be connected directly to a swivel which in turn is tied directly to the end of the fishing line or can be part of a fishing leader which would also include a swivel. The sister hook arrangement includes mirror image sister elements pivotally attached to one another such they can be spread to an open position for the engagement of an attachment loop of a fish hook thereon and pivoted to a closed position to fixedly secure the fish hook relative thereto.
Claims17
A device for facilitating the quick connection and disconnection of fish hook means to an end of a fishing line, said device comprising a sister hook arrangement including a pair of discrete sister elements wherein each of said discrete sister elements includes a first end and a second end, said first end of each sister element including an aperture and each said second end including a generally U-shaped hook having a bight portion, a connector leg connecting the bight portion to each respective first end, and a leg having a free end forming, with the respective first end, an access opening, means cooperating with said apertures for pivotally attaching said sister elements relative to one another, and extension means disposed on each of said sister elements for facilitating pivoting of said sister elements from a closed position wherein the sister elements are generally aligned with one another to an open position wherein unrestricted access to each respective access opening is permitted, whereby said fish hook means is engageable on a u-shaped hook of one of said sister elements when said sister elements of said sister hook arrangement are in the open position and positioning of the fish hook means generally in the u-shaped hook of both sister elements after said sister elements are pivoted to and aligned in the closed position precludes disengagement of the fish hook means from the device by preventing pivoting of the sister elements relative to one another.
A method for releasable connection of a fish hook means to a free end of a fishing line comprising the steps of:
- securing a connector device including a sister hook arrangement having a first discrete sister element and a second discrete sister element to a free end of a fishing line;
- utilizing an extension on each respective sister element of said sister hook arrangement to facilitate opening of said sister hook arrangement;
- opening the sister hook arrangement by pivoting the first discrete sister element out of alignment with the second discrete sister element;
- engaging an attachment loop of the fish hook means on a u-shaped hook of one of said sister elements;
- positioning the attachment loop of the fish hook means on said one sister element in alignment with an access opening of the other sister element;
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- closing the sister hook arrangement to thereby secure the fish hook means to the end of the fishing line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.