Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Fishing – Line-attached bodies – hooks and rigs
Reexamination Certificate
1998-05-19
2001-02-13
Williams, Hezron (Department: 2856)
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Fishing
Line-attached bodies, hooks and rigs
C043S044980, C043S005000, C073S866100, C073S432100, C289S017000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06185858
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to fishing equipment and the like and more particularly to a wire leader attachment tool and method for attaching wire leaders in fishing rigs; the leader attachment tool including a bent wire member including a handle portion, a right angle offset portion, an axis portion, a connecting hook with a tapered insertion end, an attachment eyelet, and a plastic sleeve handle; the handle portion terminating at a far end in the attachment eyelet and at a near end in a right angled integral connection with one end of the right angle offset portion; the right angled offset portion terminating at another end in a right angled integral connection with the rear end of the axis portion; the front end of the axis portion terminating in an integral connection with the connecting hook; the plastic sleeve handle being rotatably positioned over the handle portion of the bent wire member; the handle portion and the axis portion being oriented in parallel with each other; the leader attachment method including the steps of providing a leader attachment tool as previously described; inserting the free end of a length of wire leader through the eye of a fishing item to be secured in a fishing rig; tying the free and the connected end of the wire leader into an overhand knot about the eye of the fishing item; pinching the free end of the leader material against the connected end of the leader material between the user's thumb and forefinger; inserting the tapered insertion end of the connecting hook of the leader attachment tool through the eye of the fishing item; and rotating the handle portion to spin the eye of the fishing item while continuing to pinch the free end of the leader material against the connected end of the leader material between the user's thumb and forefinger to tightly wind the free end of the leader material about the connected end of the leader material.
BACKGROUND ART
Attaching a wire leader in a fishing rig can be aggravating. It would be a benefit, therefore, to have a wire leader attachment tool that could ease the job of securing a wire leader within a fishing rig. In addition, it would also be a benefit to have a method of securing a wire leader in a fishing rig that was easily learned and that provided a tightly wound connection between the wire fishing leader and the eye of a fishing item such as a fish hook swivel, lure, etc.
GENERAL SUMMARY DISCUSSION OF INVENTION
It is thus an object of the invention to provide a leader attachment tool for use securing a wire leader within a fishing rig.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a leader attachment tool that includes a bent wire member including a handle portion, a right angle offset portion, an axis portion, a connecting hook with a tapered insertion end, an attachment eyelet, and a plastic sleeve handle; the handle portion terminating at a far end in the attachment eyelet and at a near end in a right angled integral connection with one end of the right angle offset portion; the right angled offset portion terminating at another end in a right angled integral connection with the rear end of the axis portion; the front end of the axis portion terminating in an integral connection with the connecting hook; the plastic sleeve handle being rotatably positioned over the handle portion of the bent wire member; the handle portion and the axis portion being oriented in parallel with each other.
It is a still further object of the invention to provide a leader attachment method that is easily learned and that results in a tightly wound connection between the wire fishing leader and the eye of a fishing item such as a fish hook swivel, lure, etc.
It is a still further object of the invention to provide a leader attachment method that includes the steps of 1) providing a leader attachment tool including a bent wire member including a handle portion, a right angle offset portion, an axis portion, a connecting hook with a tapered insertion end, an attachment eyelet, and a plastic sleeve handle; the handle portion terminating at a far end in the attachment eyelet and at a near end in a right angled integral connection with one end of the right angle offset portion; the right angled offset portion terminating at another end in a right angled integral connection with the rear end of the axis portion; the front end of the axis portion terminating in an integral connection with the connecting hook; the plastic sleeve handle being rotatably positioned over the handle portion of the bent wire member; the handle portion and the axis portion being oriented in parallel with each other; 2) inserting the free end of a length of wire leader through the eye of a fishing item to be secured in a fishing rig; 3) tying the free and the connected end of the wire leader into an overhand knot about the eye of the fishing item; 4) pinching the free end of the leader material against the connected end of the leader material between the user's thumb and forefinger; 5) inserting the tapered insertion end of the connecting hook of the leader attachment tool through the eye of the fishing item; and 6) rotating the handle portion to spin the eye of the fishing item while continuing to pinch the free end of the leader material against the connected end of the leader material between the user's thumb and forefinger to tightly wind the free end of the leader material about the connected end of the leader material.
It is a still further object of the invention to provide a leader attachment tool and method that accomplishes some or all of the above objects in combination.
Accordingly, in a first aspect of the invention a leader attachment tool is provided that includes a bent wire member including a handle portion, a right angle offset portion, an axis portion, a connecting hook with a tapered insertion end, an attachment eyelet, and a plastic sleeve handle; the handle portion terminating at a far end in the attachment eyelet and at a near end in a right angled integral connection with one end of the right angle offset portion; the right angled offset portion terminating at another end in a right angled integral connection with the rear end of the axis portion; the front end of the axis portion terminating in an integral connection with the connecting hook; the plastic sleeve handle being rotatably positioned over the handle portion of the bent wire member; the handle portion and the axis portion being oriented in parallel with each other.
In a second aspect of the invention a leader attachment method is provided that includes the steps of 1) providing a leader attachment tool including a bent wire member including a handle portion, a right angle offset portion, an axis portion, a connecting hook with a tapered insertion end, an attachment eyelet, and a plastic sleeve handle; the handle portion terminating at a far end in the attachment eyelet and at a near end in a right angled integral connection with one end of the right angle offset portion; the right angled offset portion terminating at another end in a right angled integral connection with the rear end of the axis portion; the front end of the axis portion terminating in an integral connection with the connecting hook; the plastic sleeve handle being rotatably positioned over the handle portion of the bent wire member; the handle portion and the axis portion being oriented in parallel with each other; 2) inserting the free end of a length of wire leader through the eye of a fishing item to be secured in a fishing rig; 3) tying the free and the connected end of the wire leader into an overhand knot about the eye of the fishing item; 4) pinching the free end of the leader material against the connected end of the leader material between the user's thumb and forefinger; 5) inserting the tapered insertion end of the connecting hook of the leader attachment tool through the eye of the fishing item; and 6) rotating the handle portion to spin the eye of the fishing item while continuing to pinch the free end of the leader materia
Breaux Joseph N.
Wiggins David J.
Williams Hezron
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