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US3340642A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Fishing spear gun with dual spear projecting means

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-08-17
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Granted: 1967-09-12
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Expires: 1984-08-17
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Tomislav P Vasiljevic

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-10 02:04
CPC Classifications
F; F42; F42B; F42B6/00; F42B6/02; F42B6/08; A; A01; A01K; A01K81/00; F41; F41B; F41B7/00; F41B7/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim 356 words
A FISHING SPEAR GUN COMPRISING A BARREL, A SLIDE IN SAID BARREL MOVABLE BETWEEN A RETRACTED POSITION INWARDLY OF SAID BARREL AND AN OUTER POSITION ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID BARREL, A SPEAR HAVING A SHANK, SAID BARREL HAVING AN OPENING IN SAID ONE END ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID SHANK, SAID SHANK BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID SLIDE WHEN SAID SHANK IS SO RECEIVED, WHEREBY WHEN SAID SLIDE MOVES FROM SAID RETRACTED POSITION TO SAID OUTER POSITION SAID SLIDE PROPELS SAID SPEAR, RESILIENT MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SLIDE FROM SAID RETRACTED POSITION TO SAID OUTER POSITION TO SO PROPEL SAID SPEAR, SAID RESILIENT MEANS INCLUDING COMPRESSION MEANS COMPRESSIBLE UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID SLIDE FROM SAID OUTER POSITION TO SAID RETRACTED POSITION, AND INCLUDING EXTENSIBLE TENSION MEANS FOR ENGAGING SAID SLIDE WHEN SAID SLIDE IS IN SAID RETRACTED POSITION, SAID TENSION MEANS BEING EXTENSIBLE INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID COMPRESSION OF SAID COMPRESSION MEANS, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SHANK AND SLIDABLE RELATIVE THERETO FROM THE FORWARD END OF SAID SHANK TO THE REARWARD END OF SAID SHANK, AND FILAMENTOUS MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID BARREL AND SAID MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SHANK FOR PROVIDING A RETRIEVAL MEANS FOR SAID SPEAR, SAID SPEAR INCLUDING A POINT AT ONE END OF SAID SHANK, OUTWARDLY EXPANSIBLE BARB MEANS AT SAID POINT, SAID BARB MEANS INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO MEMBERS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID SPEAR UPON AN AXIS TRANSVERSE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID SHANK, SAID MEMBERS OF SAID BARB MEANS EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM SAID AXIS, EACH OF SAID MEMBERS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLEMENTARY TO THE ADJACENT PORTION OF SAID SPEAR, WHEREBY SAID MEMBERS ARE CAPABLE OF ASSUMING A RETRACTED POSITION CLOSELY OVERLYING THE PERIPHERY OF SAID SPEAR, A COLLAR ON SAID SPEAR MOVABLE LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID SPEAR A LIMITED DISTANCE, SAID COLLAR HAVING A RECESS IN THE FORWARD SURFACE THEREOF, SAID RECESS NORMALLY RECEIVING THE DISTAL ENDS OF SAID MEMBERS FOR HOLDING SAID MEMBERS IN SAID RETRACTED POSITION, AND RESILIENT MEANS FOR BIASING SAID MEMBERS OUTWARDLY, WHEREBY UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID COLLAR AWAY FROM SAID BARB MEANS, SAID MEMBERS CAN EXPAND OUTWARDLY FOR RETAINING SAID POINT OF SAID SPEAR IN THE BODY OF A FISH.

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