Fishing hook storage apparatus

US5787635A · kind A · utility

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: Aug 4, 1998
• Expiry date: Feb 16, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01K97/06
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for securing a fishing hook for the purpose of allowing the threading of a fishing line into an eyelet of a fishing hook including a container body having an interior volume suitable for receiving fishing hooks therein, a lid detachably connected to the container body for sealing an interior of the container body, and a fishing hook securing member attached to the lid for detachably receiving a hook portion of a fishing hook therein such that the eyelet portion of the fishing hook extends outwardly of the container body. A magnet is affixed within an interior of the lid. The fishing hook securing member includes a bolt member extending outwardly of the lid and a nut member threadedly connected to the bolt member. The fishing hook is secured between the nut member and a surface of the lid. The nut member includes a wingnut detachably secured to the bolt member and having arms extending radially outwardly of a central portion. At least one of the arms has a fishing line cutter formed thereon.