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US 6,655,075 B2Granted
Weedless fishhook and method of making the same
AssigneeLindy Little Joe, Inc.
InventorsGreg Bohn, Nicholas S. Adams, Theodore A. Takasaki, Stephen D. Borders
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Abstract
A weedless fishhook having a plurality of individual deflector strands extending toward the free end of the hook and a method of making such weedless fishhook.
Claims18
A fishhook comprising:
- a hook having an eyelet, a shank, and a hook portion, said shank having an eyelet end connected to said eyelet and an opposite end connected to a first end of said hook portion, a second end of said hook portion terminating at a free end;
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- more than two individual deflector strands connected to said shank, said strands having free unconnected ends extending outwardly and downwardly from said shank toward said free end of said hook portion and opposite connection ends connected to said shank along said shank, wherein said strands extend outwardly from said shank at a point between said connection ends and said eyelet end.
A fishhook comprising:
- a hook having an eyelet, a shank, and a hook portion, said shank having an eyelet end connected to said eyelet and an opposite end connected to a first end of said hook portion, a second end of said hook portion terminating at a free end;
- and more than two individual deflector strands connected to said shank, said strands having free unconnected ends extending outwardly and downwardly from said shank toward said free end of said hook portion and opposite connection ends connected to said shank along said shank, wherein said strands extend outwardly from said shank at a point between said connection ends and said eyelet end.
A fishhook comprising:
- a hook having an eyelet, a shank, and a hook portion, said shank having an eyelet end connected to said eyelet and an opposite end connected to a first end of said hook portion, a second end of said hook portion terminating at a free end;
- more than two individual deflector strands connected to said shank, said strands having free unconnected ends extending outwardly and downwardly from said shank toward said free end of said hook portion and opposite connection ends connected to said shank along said shank;
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- a line wrap encircling said connection ends and shank a plurality of times to connect said connection ends to said shank.
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A method of making a weedless fishhook comprising:
- providing a fishhook having an eyelet, a shank connected with said eyelet and a hook portion connected with said shank, said hook portion terminating in a hook free end;
- providing a bundle of deflector strands comprising two or more relatively stiff deflector strands, each of said deflector strands comprising a free strand end, and a connection portion;
- positioning said connection portions of said strands adjacent to a portion of said shank;
- connecting said connection portions to said portion of said shank;
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- bending said strands so that said free strand ends extend outwardly and downwardly from said shank toward said hook free end.
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A fishhook comprising:
- a hook having an eyelet, a shank, and a hook portion, said shank having an eyelet end connected to said eyelet and an opposite end connected to a first end of said hook portion, wherein said hook portion includes a second end terminating at a hook free end;
- a plurality of individual deflector strands connected to said shank, but not extending through said eyelet, wherein said strands each have a first free strand end and an opposite second free strand end, said first free strand end extending outwardly and downwardly from said shank toward said hook free end, and wherein said strands each include a connection portion adjacent to said second free strand end which is connected to said shank along a portion of said shank;
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- a line wrap encircling said connection portion and shank a plurality of times to connect said connection portion to said shank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.