Patent · US Expired

Easy tie fish hook

US5689911A · kind A · utility

7Cited by

13References

19Claims

0Family size

Inventors

Chun Shiong Lin · Overland Park, US
Jefferson Lin · Overland Park, US
Philip Lin · Overland Park, US
Thomas Lin · Los Angeles, US
Ziu Eng Xu · Overland Park, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 16, 1996
Grant date	Nov 25, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 16, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA01K91/04
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fishing hook including a shank portion having a hook at one end and a slotted portion formed at an end of the shank portion opposite the hook. The slotted portion has an area in surface-to-surface contact with a surface of the shank portion. The area in surface-to-surface contact with the surface of the shank portion is distal the end which is joined with the shank portion. The slotted portion includes a first end contiguously joined to the shank portion, a central portion extending from the first end and tapering inwardly toward the shank portion, and a second end extending outwardly from the shank portion at the area in surface-to-surface contact with the shank portion. The first end, the central portion, and the second end are contiguous. The first end, the central portion, and the second end are in planar relationship with the shank portion.

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