Nathan C Lane

US Patent:

7353633, Apr 8, 2008

Filed:

Oct 27, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/163706

Inventors:

Nathan C Lane - Everett WA, US

International Classification:

A01K 1/10
A01K 83/00
A01K 83/02

US Classification:

43 15, 43 37, 43 4238

Abstract:

A spring augmented fishhook comprising a hook member with an eye on a first end of an elongate leg portion and a hook on a second end of the leg portion, a coil spring having a diameter smaller than the eye and forming a spring channel longitudinal through its center through which the elongate leg portion passes, a clip resiliently bending at a point of flexure into elongate first and second clip members, the first clip member passing downward through the eye and then through the channel and extending beyond spring upper and lower ends with a first latch member on its end, and the second clip member extending generally downward with a second latch member on its end matching the first latch member such that the first and second latch members latch together as the first and second clip members are urged together under flexure, the spring held on the hook member leg portion between the eye and the latched first and second clip members as spring stops such that when the hook is pulled downward such as by a fish with the clip stationary relative to the hook member, the spring compresses between the eye and the latched clip members allowing limited movement of the hook against spring bias when initially pulled.