Automatic fishhook setting device
US4872280A · kind A · utility
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9References
3Claims
0Family size
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 28, 1988 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 28, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01K91/10
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automatic fishhook setting device (10) for use with the tip eyelet (105) and the spaced eyelets (103) of a fishing rod (100); wherein the device (10) includes a tether member (13) adapted to releasably engage one of the spaced eyelets (103) and a contoured leaf spring member (20) attached on one end to the tether member (13) and having a shallow leaf spring segment (21) formed on its other end adapted to releasably engage the tip eyelet (105) when the fishing rod (100) is in a flexed disposition.
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