US2662331A - Fishhook dislodging and extracting instrument - Google Patents

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Dec. 15, 1953 B. F. BORUP 6 1 FISHHOOK DISLODGING AND EXTRACTING INSTRUMENT Filed Jan. 29, 1951 flan/0mm F. Barup IN VEN TOR.

Patented Dec. 15, 1953 u u l r o STATES rare-sir BF-FEE *FISHHOOK ISESIIODGINGFAND EXTRAcTING INSTRUMENT Benjamin F. BorupfHuntingto'n Par ;{c=i iir,,ja

' signiir of due-half to Bob Fi Borum-fiiintington Park, Calif.

Application January 29, 1951, Serial No. 208,346

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to certain new and desirably useful improvements in instruments which are expressly adapted to aid a fisherman in aptly meeting and coping with the often tedi- 2 employing reference numerals and accompanying lead lines, it will be seen that the complete instrument is made from a single length or wire rod of appropriate gage and rigidity. The main reach of the rod constitutes a shank and this is one and exasperating task of dislodging and ex- 5 tracting a fish-hook, which has become caught, denoted by the numeral 4. At its outer end the fr m th th of fish, shank is formed into a ring or the like 6 and this An object of the invention is to structurally, constitutes an appropriate handle of hand grip. functionally and otherwise improve upon prior The pp te e d of the rod is formed into a art extractors through the adoption and use of m corkscrew-like disgorger which is generally dea, simple, efilcient and suitably constructed innoted y e numeral 8 e latt r is formed strument which is properly intended to serve, in from one and one-half helical coils, the main an adept manner, the everyday needs of the user. coil being denoted at H] and the half-coil at l2.

Another object of the invention is realized The free end of the half-coil is convolved to prothrough the adoption of an instrument which, vide a guiding, retaining and endthrust tip iii. because it is fashioned from a single length of It Obvious that this means 3 is p ed to be wire rod, meets the practical requirements of Screwed 0n the usual leader d along t e manufacturers, shank of the hook and lodged in the seat E8 of In keeping with the prerequisite of greatest the hook, in the er ShOWIl in ure possible simplicity, it is a further object to pro- 29 The intermediate portion of the rod is formed vide a construction which, as a result of experiinto a lateral Substantially D d. mentation and frequent testing, reveals that no having bight po ion 2 and limbs and 26 special instructions for use are required, this due WhiCh Converge w rd th bends 23. This U- to the fact that the mode of handling the colp d m r provides a l a r snubbin mem- 1 ti features i self-evident, her and the leader is adapted to be wrapped structurally, a significant aspect of the instrument has to do with a rigid shank having handle means at one end, a corkscrew-like self-feeding fish-hook disgorger at the other end, and novelly convenient means intermediate its ends, whereby M the usual leader may be wrapped thereon, eifectively snubbed and held with the same hand which operates the instrument, whereby to readi- 1y dislodge and then yank the fish-hook free from all around the restricted or neck portion as denoted at 30. The adjacent end portion of the leader 32 is adapted to be run alongside or the shank and held with the same hand which is employed to grasp the finger-ring or hand grip 6, this in an obvious manner.

In practice, the disgorger 8 is threaded and screwed on the leader and slid down the shank of the hook until the coils l0 and i2 are lodged the mouth of t fish in the seat of the hook. This brings the tip It In particular, novelty is predicated on the above in n thr engagement wi h id seat. By construction wherein said means is a simple U- W apping e lea er t, as at 6, around the bend situated midway between the handle means snubhing member 26 and holding the end portion and disgorgensaid bend projecting at right angles 32 with the hand which also holds the fingerfrom said shank. 40 ring, the device is ready to be used. All that is Other Obj ct features and d ant ges of the necessary is to hold the fish in one hand and the invention will hecome more readily appareht instrument thus arranged with the other hand, ggllzitlilnihrelet iiizsd g iilll pgg i fg 1n zvhereupon a suitable thrust action will dislodge he fish-hook, after which it may be extracted me acwmPEmymg Sheet of f m W from the mouth of the fish 34 in an obvious man- 121 like numerals are employed to designate like men parts throughout the views:

Figure l is a side elevational view of a fish-hook gz i i f t t consmtctlon and Opdislodging and extracting instrument constructed on o e devme 111 t understood in accordance with the principles of the invenand further explanatlqn 1S beheveu to be tion and Showing the manner in which Same is necessary. However, since numerous modificato be used; and tions and changes will readily occur to those Figure 2 is a perspective iew of th instrument skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the per Se, invention to the exact construction shown and Referring now to the views of the drawings and as s ri d, a d accordingly all su t m d fi rs tions and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A fish hook dislodging and extracting instrument comprising a rigid rod member having a rigid shank, the latter being essentially straight and having helically coiled terminal means at its outer end adapted to be screwed on a flexible leader and manually forced into end thrust en- 10 4 curvate bight portion and connected at opposite ends to the respective complemental shank portions by way Of right angled bends.

BENJAMIN F. BORUP.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,000,775 Buras Aug. 15, 1911 2,215,275 Phillips Sept. 17, 1940 2,441,458 Underwood May 11, 1948 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 623,872 France of 1927

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