Gaffs, automatic gaffs, and mechanisms therefor

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1989-04-10

1989-12-12

Godici, Nicholas P.

Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying

Fishing

Harpoons and spears

43 34, A01K 9714

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048858625

ABSTRACT:
A gaff for hooking a target such as a fish, an animal, or an object. In one embodiment the gaff has a handle, a hook, a spring mechanism connected to the hook, a tensioning device for stretching the spring, an automatic trigger actuable to release the spring and move the hook into the target, a manually actuable trigger, a safety device for preventing unwanted automatic actuation of the gaff, a weight scale and a fish scale. In other embodiments, gaffs according to this invention have one or more, but not all, of these aspects.

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