Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Fishing – Trap hooks
Patent
1978-02-21
1979-12-11
Godici, Nicholas P.
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Fishing
Trap hooks
43 434, A01K 8302
Patent
active
041775961
ABSTRACT:
An appendage for a fishhook, with the fishhook having a shank and the shank having a bight at one end and an eye at its other end. The appendage includes an anchor member which is attached to the shank near the eye. At least one torsion member (and typically two) extends transversely from the anchor member near the eye. A latch post also extends transversely from the anchor element at a point remote from the torsion member. An arm is connected in a cantilevered fashion to the distal end of each torsion member. The arm has two normal positions: a relaxed position wherein it makes an angle of at least 15 degrees with respect to the shank, and a "cocked" position wherein it lies more nearly parallel to the shank. The arm is held in its cocked position by temporary engagement with the distal end of its associated latch post. When the arm is manually moved from its relaxed position to its cocked position, torsion is imparted to the torsion member; and, when a fish swallows the baited hook, the arm is released from the latch post and it is urged by the torsion member back to its relaxed position--making it much more difficult for the fish to expel the hook from its mouth. A preferred material for the appendage is a thermoplastic material such as a polyester elastomer.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2148074 (1939-02-01), Kaspick
patent: 2570468 (1951-10-01), Matthes
patent: 2592727 (1952-04-01), Pamer
patent: 3006101 (1961-10-01), Zeman
Godici Nicholas P.
McHugh Charles W.
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