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FISH HOOK SET
FIELD OF ART
THIS INVENTION RELATES TO AN APPARATUS THAT MAY BE
ADAPTED TO FIT ANY NORMAL FISHING ROD AND PROVIDE A B~rTER
THEN NO~AL C}IANCE TO SECURE SUCCESS IN TlIE CATC~IING OF
FISH FOR EIT}IER PLEASURE OR PROFIT BY PRODUCING A BACKl.JARD
JERK ON THE LINE ~HEN THE BAIT IS ATTACKED~
BACKGROUND O~ THE I~ENTION
IN RECENT YEARS OUR POPULATION HAS MORE AND MORE TIME
TO RELAX AND LOOK FOR WAYS TO RELEAVE THE TENSIO~]S AND STRESS.
FISHING FOR FUN HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY M~RE POPUL'~R
BUT AS RELAXING AS FISHING MAY BE IT IIAS A STRESSFUL
SIDE TO IT IN REGARDS TO T~IE ONE THAT GOT AWAY, ALSO AND
MORE IMPORTANT IS AS WE GROW OLDER OR IF WE ARE HANDYCAPPED
OR CIIILDRE~. WE MAY NOT HAVE THE REFLEXS LEFT TO ACHIEVE
OUR GOAL AND TIIAT IS TO CATCH FISH AND RELAX IN DOING SO.
PRE.SENT INVENI'ION
. _ . _ .
IT IS AN OBJECT OF THE PRESENT INVENTION TO PROVID~
A SYST~ WHICH PERMII'S A USER TO ENJOY A MUCH IMYROVFD
RATE OF SUCCESS. WE HAVE ALL REALIZED TI~E FRUSTRAI'ION
OF RECIEVING THAT LITTLE J~RK AT THE END OF OUR LINE
THAT ALWAYS SEE~S TO COME AT A TIME THAT l~iE LEAST EXPECT
~T, NOT TO COME AGAIN. ALSO WHEN FISHING EQUIPMENT:IS
LEFT UNATTENDED OR ~IHEN THE FISHERPERSON IS USEING MORE
THEN ONE FISHING ROD AT ONE TIME A~ ONLY ONE CAN BE
Al'TENDED,
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PRESENT I~ lTIO~I c~nt.
THE OBJECT OF TIIE INVENTION IS TO GIVE TO ALL AN EQUAL
CHANCE IN THE HOOKING OF A FISH THAT HAS STRUCIC AT A HOOK
WHETHER IT BE FLy ,CAST, STILL OR TROLLING. NEVER BEFOnE
HAS THIS BEEN ATCHIEVED IN SUCH A SIMPLE AND STRAIGH'I' FOR~IARD
MAT`iOR.
THIS INVENTION DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE SKILL THAT IT
TAKES TO LAND THE FISH OR THE THRILL OF THE FIGHT.THAT A FIGH
GIVES I~ITH THE PLAY. IT SIMPLY ENSURES THAT THE HOOK
IS WELL SET IN THE FISH.
DESCRIPTION OF_THE DRAWINGS
FIGURE I
IS A SIDE VIEI,~ SHO'~ING THE FISH _ HOOK SET IM A F~EE LINE
POSITION~ NOT LOADED OR T~E POSITION IT WOULD BE IT~J FOR
CASTING ALSO THE POSITION IT WOULD BE IN IF IT HAD BEEN TRIGGERED.
FIGURE 2
IS A FRONT VI~.~ OF THE SAME POSITION AS (FIGURE I)
FIGURE 3
IS A SIDE VIEW SHOWING THE FISH - }_OOK SET IN A LOCKED
OR LOADED POSITION,
FIGURE 4
IS A FRONT VIEI,~J OF FISH: _ HOOK SET IN A LOCKED OR LOADED
POSITION.
FIGURE 5
IS A BOTTOM VI~I OF THE FISK . HOOK SET IN A LOCKED
OR LOADED POSITION AND BEST SHO'WS THE LOCKING OR TnIGGEnING
MECHANISM.
FIGURE 6
SHOWS SIDE VIEI.~ OF FISH HOOK SET MOUNTED ON A FISHING
ROD WITH REEL AND LIME IN THE LOADED OR LOCKED POSITION.
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DII~CRIPTION OF TllE DRAWINGS cor~t.
FIGURE 7
SHOWS SIDE ~ OF THE FISH HOOK SET MOUNTED ON A FISHING
ROD WIT~ REEL AND LINE IN A TENSIOM POSITION OR A TRIGGERED
POSITION AS IT ~IOULD BE AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A FISH.
FIGURE 8
IS A BOTTOM VI~,~ OF THE FISH ~OOK SET MOUNTED ON A FIS~ING
ROD WITH REEL AND LINE IN A TRIGGERED POSITION WITH
FISHING LINE TENSE AS IT WOULD BE WHEN HOOK IS ~ERKED
BAC~CWARD.
FIGURE 9 IS ~N ATEMPT BY THE INVENTOR TO BEST SHOW
THE ACTI~N OF THE SPRING LOADED ARM FROM IT'S LOADED
POSITION OR TOP POSITION TO THE TRIGGERED POSITION OR
BOTTOM POSITION.
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PREr~`El~RE;~D EMBoDIMEl`1T or; INVEl~lTI()N
. . _ . . _ _ .
BEFORE DISCRIBING Tl-IE COMPONENT PARrlS AND T]IEIR REL,ATIONS}IIP
TO El'CH OTHER AND THE INVENTION ITSELF, I WOULD ~IRST LIKE
TO POINT OUT T}-IAT THE MOST DIFFICUL.T C~IORE IN ~IS}-IING IS TO
SET THE HOOIC IN TIIE FISH. THIS IS ACHIEVED IN JUST ONE
TIME PROVEN WAY AND THAT IS TO GIVE THE FIS}lING LINE A
SUDDEN JERIC BACKIIARD AT THE PRECISE MOr~ENT T]~AT TIlE r~ISH
TAKES THE BQITo THIS Al~ID TIIIS ALONE IS THE ONLY l~JAY.
ANGLEr~S l~or~ YEAr~S I~AVE pr~IDLD Tl~r,~SELVE, ur Oll llAvr ING THE
INTUITION A~rD REFLEX TO SET THE HOOl<. NO ONE PE~SON HAS Tl-IE
ABILITY TO ACT AT THE EXACT MOMENT THI\T THE FISII BITES.
TIIIS INVE~lTION l-~S THI\T ABILITY.
TO RALATE TO ITS ABILITY IT CAN AND T]lERl,li ORE Sl-lOULD BE
COMPARED TO T]-IE MOUSE TRAP Tl-IAT SPRINGS WHEN THE BAIT IS
ATTACI<ED, WE ALL l(NO,l ~lOI~ E~E~ ECTIVE TI~AT IS . EISlI HOOK ~sr.~r
DOES THE SAME THING BUT IN THE OPPOSITE WAY. FISH HOOK SET
JERI<S TIIE BAIT Al~lAY FROM THE FISH UPON IMPACT, TllUS INE~)~DDI~IG
THE HOOK BARB INTO THE FISH. IF FISH HOO]C SL~l DOES NOT }IOOK
T~IE FISH THE FIRST TIME, FOR ANY REASON THEN IT IS RESEl
FOR A SECOND CHANCE. HOWEVER THE BAIT IS NEVER TAKEN MOr~E
THEN MERE INCHES FROr~l THE ATTACKING FISH. THE INVENTION
A CHIEVES7 THIS IN THE FOLLO!~ING r~ANOR.
REFERRING NOll TO 1 l-lE DRA~IINGS FIGURES I&2 I`HEnE IS SHOWN
AN IMAGINARY ~ISHING ROD STEM FROM ANY CONVENTIONAL ROD(~)
MOUNTED ~ROM ROD ~ AND IMME~I,ATLY FoREl~ARD FROM ANY
CONVENTIONAL I~NDLE ~ ROD STEM CLAMP ~ MADE FROM ANY
FLEXABLE MATERIAL AS ~IILL ALLO~ EXPANSION OR CONTRACTION
TO FIT ARROUND ANY CONVENTIONAL ROD STEM AND TO BE ATTAcHED
TO ROD ST~M WITH ANY CONVENTIOIIAL MATERIAL ~3)
MECHANISM HOUSING ~ TO BE MADE OF PLASTIC OR METAL AND BE
ATTACHED TO STEM CLAMP C)~lITH I~IELD OR SOME OTHER SUITABLE
METHOD. FISHING LINE FEED TUBE @ AND SPRING HOLDER TUBE
TO BE ATTACHED TO ME5HANISM HOUSING ~ I~ITH I~TELD OR SOLDER
OR OTHER SUITABLE MATERIAL. HOOK SET SPRIl1G ~TO BE I~SERTED
I~TO ONE END 0~ SPRING HOL.DER TUBE ~ SPRING HOLDE~ TUBE
TO HAVE AN INSIDE DIAMETER SUFFICIENT TO RE:CEIVE ST~1 OF
HOOK SET SPRING C)AS TO HOLD FIRMLY. RIVET ~ OF SUITABLE
MATERTAT, Al~ln .~T7.~ r~ (~OMPT.TMI~'~\T'T' MT;`(~I-T~ lTC'rA lrl~lr~r~T~
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PRE?ER~E~ E~BODIMENr.r OF INVENI`ION c0_1~.2
SIIOULU BE OF ML.rAL OR PLASTIC }~IVEl` C~rlO BL` INSLRTL~ l`Hl~OUGH
ONE SIDE OF MECIIANISM HOUSING ~I T3Y r`lE~N~ 01; A P~ M.Lrll:l)
HOLE IN.SAME AS TO RECILVE RIVET ~RIVET ~ TO CONTINUE THROUGH
HOOK SET SPRING ~ TO OPPOSITE SIDE Ol~ M~C~IANISM HOUSING
AND. SECURED WITH ANY MErHO~ SUITABLE AS TO HOLD HOOK SET
SPRING ~`SECURELY. SPRING EXTENSION TUBE ~ TO BE ATTAC~iLD
TO OPPOSITE END O~ HOOl~ SET SPRING ~jlAlITH ~ELD OR SOLDER
OR ANY OTH~R r~ETHOD AS TO BE HELD SECURELY. SPnINC E~l`LNSION
TUBE.~ TO BE O~ ME~AL SUCI~ AS BRASS OR STAINLESS STEEL AS
NOT TO RUST OR CORRODE. SPRING EXTENSION ROD 6jTo BE SEcunED
TO SPRING EXTENSION TUBE~5!BY I~IELD~OR SOLDER AS TO BE llELD
SECURE. FISHING LINE LOOP ~ TO BE OF SUFEICEINT DIAMETER
AS TO ALLOW r~EE MOVEMENT OF FISHING LINE AND CAN BE EITHER
PART OF OR SEPERATE ITEM FROM SPRING EXTENSION ROD ~
SPRING HO~DING ~RM ~'TO BE PART OF MEC~ANISM HOUSING ~ OR
SEPARATE IT~ PEPENDING ON MATERIAL USED TO MANUFACTURE
MECHANISM HOUSING (~)
SPRING ~iOLDIN~; AnM(~)SlIOULD BE OF A MATERIAL AS TO ALLO`I
SPRING ExTENsIoN ROD(~? EASY MOVE.r1lENT ~HEN Il`J LOADE;D POSITION
SUCH AS CAN BE VIE~ED ON FIGURES 3 4 AN.D 5.
IN USE THI~ INVENTION IS ATTACHED IN THE ABOVE MEI`IIIONLD
MANOR BElr~lEEN TIIE I~NDLE Al`ID THE FI~ST FIS}IING LINE GUIDE
AND IN I~RONT OF Al`rY REELII`JG I~ECIIANISUM AS SllOl~ll`r IN l;`IGURES
7 ~\ ND ~3 .
MODE OF TllREADIilG TIIIS INVEIITION IS AS I~OLLO~IS. I`AKE THE
LOOSE END OF FISHIN5 LINE~ (~) FROM ANY REELING MECI-IANIS~ THAT
MAY BE ON r~`ISHING ROD AND Tllr EAD IT THnOUGI-[ FISIIING LINE
TUBE(~3WITH IN~IETIO;I IN A NONE LOADr.D POSITION AS S~ `J IN
FIGURE~)FIS}IING LINE (~) IS AT THIS YOINT PROTI~UD:[N(l. r~or~l
THE FROI`IT orl THE r~lSHING LINE TUBE(~)r~lIS}[ING LINr. 1~) IS I}IEN
THREADED T}[ROUGH r`IS}lING LINE LOOP (~) rROM THIS POIl`lr T;ISHING
LINE (~ IS TIIEN TH~E~DI.D THROUGH TIIE FIRST LINE GUIDE ~)
( FIGURE 7 ) ~`I}IICII l:lI LL BE Tl-IE r`IRST LINE GUIDE ON ANY r ISllIilG
ROD T}!AT THE FISI-I HOOh SE`T IS MOUNTE~D UPON. IiISHI~`rG LINE ~)
IS THEN TO BE T}IREADED THROUGH ANY ADDITIONAL GUIDES AS THERE
IS ON ANY ROD.
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MODE Ol;` USI~ .IHl.N ME:CIIANIS~ IS I~.
~HEN LOADING M~CI~NISrl SPRING ÆXTENSION l~OD(~)IS DRAWN IN AN
UP.IARD MOTION I~ROM OPE;N SPRING POSITION TO TENSION SPRING
AND SPRING EXTLNSION ROD(~) IS BROUGHT TO REST ON SPRING
HOI.DING ARM(~)AS ILI.U TRI\TI D ON I~IGURE~ 9 IN THI POSITION
FISHING LINE @) IS AT A SE`VERE ANGL~ THREADED THnOUGH Ii`ISHING
LINE LOOP (~) IN co~r~?uJ~rcTIoN llITH GENEr~AL ~3ODY OI; INVEI~TIOII
AND FIRST LINE GUIDE (~) AS DEMONSTRATED ON ~IGURE 9
WHEN ~ISH ATTACI(S BAIT llHETHER IT BE LIVE Ii LY on PLUG THE
ISHING LINE ~) IS l~loncED TO sTnAIG~ EN. SUCH AcTIo~r AL O
CAUSES SP~ING EXTEIISION ROD(~)TO SLIDE IN A SID~.JAYS ACTION
ALONG TlIE sur~l~AcE O~ SPRING HOLDING ARM(~)SPi~ING L:XTE ION
ROD(~DROPS O~I~ SPRING HOLDING ARM(~)ALLOI^IING llOOIC SET spRI~rG
(~)TO FLY TO AN OPEil POSITI:OI~I AND THUS JERK THE liIS~-IING LINE @)
IN A BAClCl~lARD MOTION AND T~IUS SETS HOOK IN F`ISH.
