Retrieving devices for fish lures

Claim 1

A LURE RETRIEVING DEVICE FOR USE WITH A HAULING LINE IN RETRIEVING A SNAGGED LURE SUSPENDED ON AN END OF A FISHING LINE, COMPRISING: RING MEANS HAVING A CENTRAL OPENING OF SUFFICIENT SIZE TO LOOSELY RECEIVE SAID SNAGGED LURE, SAID RING MEANS INCLUDING A PORTION MOVABLE RELATIVE TO AN ADJACENT PORTION THEREOF TO SELECTIVELY OPEN AND CLOSE AN ENTRANCE SLOT COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CENTRAL OPENING TO PERMIT THE POSITIONING OF SAID FISHING LINE WITHIN SAID RING, AN EYELET SECURED TO SAID RING MEANS AND POSITIONED IN THE PLANE THEREOF FOR ATTACHMENT TO SAID HAULING LINE, A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF RIGID FLUKE MEMBERS SECURED TO SAID RING MEANS IN SPACED RELATION ABOUT A PORTION OF THE PERIPHERY THEREOF AND CURVINGLY INCLINED OUTWARDLY FROM THE PLANE THEREOF IN OPPOSED RELATION TOWARDS THE CENTRAL AXIS OF THE RING MEANS, WHEREBY IN OPERATION THE RING IS LOWERED OVER A SNAGGED LURE AND THE HAULING LINE IS TENSIONED, ADJACENT ONES OF THE FLUKE MEMBERS PROVIDING PULLING ENGAGEMENT OF THE DEVICE WITH THE SNAGGED LURE TO PERMIT THE EXERTION OF RETRIEVING FORCE THEREAGAINST BY THE HAULING LINE.