CA1045380A

CA1045380A - Fish-hook

Info

Publication number: CA1045380A
Application number: CA240,445A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Roland Hellander; Adil Holmqvist
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1975-11-25
Filing date: 1975-11-25
Publication date: 1979-01-02

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A fish-hook assembly comprising two oppositely directed pointed hooks and a shield member for each hook, the shield member being displaceable from the shielding position when a fish bites on the assembly. The shield member for each hook is attached to the opposing hook. The shield members are preferably connected to the line in such manner as to allow a pull on the line to move the shield members towards each other, at the same time separating the hooks and causing the points thereof to be moved beyond the shield members.

Description

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Th.is inyention relates. to ~ish-hook assemblies.
; The present invention provides a fish-hook assembly comprising two pointed hooks resiliently joined with each other and having their points movable in relation to each othe~ from an inoperative position, in which position each hook point is .
~ shielded by means connected to the other hook to a separated `;
~ and effective position in which the hook points project beyond the shielding means. The shielding means are connected with each other by a fishing line attached to one of th$ shielding ..
means and e~tending freely through the other shielding means and through a ring member at an end of the assembly, so that ~: a pull on the line assists in the separation of the hook points to the effective position.
The principals of an embodiment of the present .. .
lnvention and an actual embodiment of the present invention :
; are illustrated in the accompanying drawing. In the drawing: ~ :
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Figure 1 is a plan view showing schematically the structure of an embodiment, Figure 2 is a plan v.iew from the same view point .
1 20 as Figure 1 with the hook open or expanded, . ::
~ Figure 3 shows, in a similar view as Figure 1, an :~.
embodiment according to the present invention, and .
` Figure 4 is a side view of the embodiment of Figure ...
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The fish-hook assembly shown in Figures 3 and 4 . . .
comprises two like hooks 1 and 2 each having a shank and a bow of conventional construction with a barb on the inner side -adjacent the point and each bearing shield members 3 and 4. The two hooks 1 and 2 are resiliently connected at the ends remote .
from the point, by means of a spring coil 5. This, or a ` substitute deYlce ~

.1 - 1 - ' , ! :-:., : '"' ",- . -~Z~Z91.53~ ' could have been attached to the shanks or to shield members 3 and 4 in any desirable manner and could have been formed of integral parts of the shanks as shown or of the shield members.
In the later case the shanks of the hook members would be attached to the shield members. The spring coil 5 is such that it tends to hold the hooks in the position shown in Figure 1 and to return the hooks to said position from the position shown in Figure 2. In the position shown in;Figures 1, 3 and 4, the points of the hooks are guarded by the ends of the shield members 3 and 4 respectively. Said ends are in the form of an eye 7. The line 6 is àttached to one of the eyes and the line ~uns through the eye on the other shield arm and through the spring coil 5 as shown in the drawing. By this ~ttachment of the line a pull on the line will result in a separation of the points of the hooks. When a fish takes the hook assembly accord-ing to this invention, baited or not, his jaws may close upon the shanks or upon the shield-members so that the points will be pressed away from each other as shown in Figure 2~ At the same time as the fish takes the hook assembly a pull in effected on the line and this will increase the separation of the points, ....
the points being thereby exposed and driven into the flesh of the mouth of securely hold the fish.

I The present invention as specifically exemplified provides a fish-hook assembly that will not easily catch in snags, weeds etc. but will embed itself in the flesh of the mouth of a fish ~'Z to securely hold the fish. The invention also provides a safety hook.

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Claims

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:

1. A fish-hook assembly comprising two pointed hooks resiliently joined with each other and having their points movable in relation to each other from an ineffective position, in which position each hook point is shielded by a means connected to the other hook, to a separated effective position, said shielding means being connected with each other by a fishing line attached to one of said shielding means and extending freely through the other shielding means and through a ring member at an end of the assembly, whereby a pull on said line assists in the separation of the hook points to said effective position.

2. A fish-hook assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein said hook points are directed inwardly of each other.

3. A fish-hook assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein the shielding means for each hook is an elongate member attached at one end to the shank of the other hook.

4. A fish-hook assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein the shielding means includes a ring through which said fishing line may be passed.