FI63157B - SKYDD FOER FISKEREDSKAP - Google Patents

Description

1 63157

GEAR COVER

The invention relates to a cover for a fishing device for use with a fishing device comprising an arm, a central spike extending thereto and lifting hooks placed opposite each other thereon.

5 A wide variety of hook protectors for fishing are already known. These are intended to protect the hook during storage and transport and, on the other hand, to increase safety and prevent possible accidents when entering or returning to the fishing site. Such hook guards 10 are shown e.g. Swedish Patent Publication No. 116,413 and British Patent Publication No. 1,315,341.

U.S. Patent No. 3,645,419 discloses a combined hook cover and float. The cover comprises two hemispherical parts which are tightly interlocked. When the hook-15 is not used, it is naturally inside the cover.

When fishing, the cover can be used raised. Thus, in addition to its actual protective function, the shield may also have an alternative function.

The object of the invention is to expand the area of use of a certain fishing gear 20 and the cover attached to it so that a fishing gear provided with a cover can be used e.g. in an outboard motor as an auxiliary paddle. To achieve this, the cover of the fishing gear according to the invention is characterized by the elements set out in claim 1.

25 In general, a wooden or plastic paddle can be used as a safety device for small motor boats in the event of engine disturbances or machine breakdowns. Now, however, this is not necessary if the fishing trip is accompanied by a certain type of atra-type fishing gear along the side. When this fishing gear 30 is provided with a cover according to the invention, it 2 63157 also acts as a paddle. In this way, the cover has two uses.

The invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 shows a top view of a fishing gear cover according to the invention. Figure 2 shows a second half of the cover according to Figure 1 seen from above.

Fig. 3 shows a section of the second half 10 of the cover according to Fig. 1 along a straight line Ά-Ά

Fig. 4 shows a section of the second half of the cover according to Fig. 1 along the line B-B.

The cover 1 comprises two plate-like halves or parts 10, 11, each of which is slightly larger in area than the area delimited by the hooks 21, 22 of the fishing device 2 and can be fastened on both sides to protect the hooks 21, 22 and the spike 23 so as to cover and so that the fishing gear can be converted to paddle by this measure.

The plate-like halves 10, 11 of the cover 1 are preferably made of plastic. They are suitably connected at their lower ends. The halves of the cover can be bent from the middle to the side. This allows the fishing gear to be easily pushed inside the cover. When the fishing gear is inside the cover, the halves are bent together and locked together. If the fishing gear 25 is provided with a slider 24 which connects the shank parts of the hooks 21, 22 and the center spike 23 and which allows the flexibility of the lifting hooks 21, 22 to be adjusted, the cover halves 10, 11 can be locked around the fishing gear by sliding 24.

The fishing gear and its cover, or a combination thereof, as described above, have two uses. On the one hand, the fishing gear can be used as a wound replacement aid, e.g.

The invention has been described above with reference to only one embodiment thereof. It is clear that the invention can be modified in many ways and still remain within the scope of the following claims. For example, the cover may consist of only 10 single plate-like halves that are suitably attachable to the fishing gear, or its halves may be made of a single piece that is bendable around sharp parts of the fishing gear. What is essential to the invention, however, is that the plate-like cover converts the fishing gear into a usable paddle.

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Claims (4)

4 63157 1. A fishing gear cover intended for use with fishing gear which:. comprising an arm, an extension spike (23) thereof and lifting hooks (21, 22) arranged on both sides thereof, characterized in that the cover (1) comprises a plate-like part having an area at least equal to the area delimited by the lifting hooks, and can be attached to protect the lifting hooks (21, 22) and the center spike (23) so that they are covered and so that the fishing gear can be converted into a paddle by this measure. Fishing gear cover according to claim 1, characterized in that the cover (1) comprises two plate-like parts (10, 11) which can be fastened to each other on both sides of the fishing device to protect the lifting hooks (21, 22) and the center spike (23). Fishing gear cover according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the fishing means further comprises a slider (24) with which the flexibility of the lifting hooks can be adjusted, characterized in that the plate-like part (10) or parts (10, 11) j 20 can be locked together or (24), Fishing gear according to Claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the plate-like parts are made of plastic.