Hook and lure protective device for fishing rods

Claim 1

A PROTECTIVE MEANS FOR FISHING HOOKS OF THE TYPE THAT ARE CARRIED BY THE TERMINAL END OF A FISHING LINE AND SUPPORTED UPON A FISHING ROD AND WHEREBY TO PREVENT THE HOOK FROM ENGAGING OTHER OBJECTS, THE DEVICE EMBODYING A FLEXIBLE POUCH HAVING A BASE PORTION, AN UPPER PORTION AND A PAIR OF OVERLAPPING FLAPS, THE POUCH UPON ITS INNER SIDE BEING COVERED WITH A SHEET OF RELATIVELY THIN PLASTIC, AN ABSORBENT PAD OVERLYING THE PLASTIC SHEET AND WITH THE PAD AND THE SHEET BEING CO-EXTENSIVE, THE SAID PAD ADAPTED TO BE IMPREGNATED WITH OIL, SNAP FASTENERS CARRIED BY THE FLAPS WHEREBY THE FLAPS ARE HELD IN OVERLAPPING RELATION TO THE BASE PORTION AND A FISH HOOK WITHIN THE POUCH, A RELATIVELY RIGID BAR FIXED TO ONE END OF THE POUCH AND WITH THE BAR BEING SUBSTANTIALLY CO-EXTENSIVE WITH THE WIDTH OF THE BASE PORTION WHEN THE FLAPS ARE OVERLAPPED, THE SAID BAR BEING RIVETED IN OVERLYING RELATION TO THE PAD AND WITH THE RIVETS EXTENDING THROUGH THE PAD, THE PLASTIC SHEET AND THE BASE PORTION OF THE POUCH, THE BAR BEING PROVIDED INTERMEDIATE ITS LENGTH WITH A PAIR OF APERTURES, A CHAIN LOOP POSITIONED WITHIN THE POUCH AND BEING INSERTED IN ONE OF SAID APERTURES FOR THE RECEPTION OF A FISH