Retractable hook weedless fishing tackle
US5440830A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 18, 1993 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 18, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01K85/02
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fishing tackle improvement having the following embodiments: a tackle head larger in diameter or width on all sides than the tackle body behind it; an exterior body containing and protecting the interior parts during impact; a stationary hook anchor inside the end of the tackle body nearest the tackle head; a connecting screw threaded at both ends affixed to the tackle head at one end and tackle lift wedge at the other, causing both parts to move as one; a lift wedge possessing channels for the barbed end of the hooks to drop into, and lift fins that extend through the tackle body wall to prevent internal part rotation; a system of hook channels dropping inward from the exterior of the hook anchor and lift wedge, beside and below true center in a line off axis of true center; fins formed as part of the lift wedge that extend above the main body of the lift wedge in the same off center axis as the hook channels.
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