Lure dislodging and retrieving device

Claim 2

A fishing lure dislodging and retrieving device comprising, in combination, an elongated weight having upper and lower ends, means mounted on the upper end of said weight to which the lower end of a manually manipulatable flexible lifting and lowering line is connected and through the medium of which said weight can be dangled and alternately raised and lowered in the water which is being fished, a plurality of clawlike grappling hooks mounted on the lower end of said weight and having free pointed bill portions, said hooks being circumferentially spaced and adapted to catch hold of and lift and bring liftable debris to the water''s surface for discretionary handling and disposition, and rigid retriever attaching means fixed on one side of the upper end portion only of said weight, said last-mentioned means being detachably and slidingly connectable to the snagged fishing line and projecting beyond the peripheral surface in a manner to serve as a lure pounding and loosening member.

Claim 3

The lure dislodging and retrieving device defined in and according to claim 1, and wherein said lure pounding and loosening member comprises an eye which is located proximal to but just below the level of said upper end and which projects to a point beyond said peripheral surface that it can be successfully lined up with a snagged lure, intermittently hammered against the same, aided by the heaviness of the weight, in a manner to dislodge and free the lure for retrieval.

Claim 4

The luRe dislodging and retrieving device defined in and according to claim 2, and wherein said eye comprises a screw eye having a screw-threaded shank screwed into a coacting nut fixed on a predetermined peripheral surface portion of the weight and projecting radially beyond said surface portion, the eye proper comprising a pigtail coil which is capable of being detachably sliding hitched for use to a selected portion of the fishing line.

Claim 5

The lure dislodging and retrieving device defined in and according to claim 1, and wherein said hooks are free of connection with each other.

Claim 6

The lure dislodging and retrieving device defined in and according to claim 1, and wherein said hooks are free of connection with each other, each of said hooks being made of bendable malleable material so that if the snag is too heavy for lifting by said hooks, the latter can straighten out lengthwise and disengage from the snag but can be bent back and restored to curvate shape for subsequent use.

Claim 7

A dislodging and retrieving device for a snagged lure comprising an elongated weight cylindrical in cross section and of uniform cross section from end to end and having planar upper and lower ends, said upper end being axially provided with a screw-threaded socket, a first screw eye having a threaded shank screwed into said socket and provided with a locknut engaging the coacting end of the weight, said weight being provided on one side adjacent said upper end with a screw-threaded socket at right angles to the first-named socket, a second screw eye having a screw-threaded shank screwed into said second socket and held therein by a locknut carried by the shank of the screw and abutting a surface of the weight, the eye of said last-mentioned screw being split and provided with an offset terminal end providing a pigtaillike coil, said coil being adapted for ready attachment to and detachment from a fishing line, and means mounted on the lower end of said weight for hooking a snagged lure.

Claim 8

A dislodging and retrieving device for a snagged lure comprising an elongated weight cylindrical in cross section and of uniform cross section from end to end and having planar upper and lower ends, said upper end being axially provided with a screw-threaded socket, a first screw eye having a threaded shank screwed into said socket and provided with a locknut engaging the coacting end of the weight, said weight being provided on one side adjacent said upper end with a screw-threaded socket at right angles to the first-named socket, a second screw eye having a screw-threaded shank screwed into said second socket and held therein by a locknut carried by the shank of the screw and abutting a surface of the weight, the eye of said last-mentioned screw being split and provided with an offset terminal end providing a pigtaillike coil, said coil being adapted for ready attachment to and detachment from a fishing line, and means mounted on the lower end of said weight for hooking a snagged lure.

Claim 9

The dislodging and retrieving device defined in and according to claim 6 and, in combination, said last-mentioned means comprising clawlike means carried by the lower end of said weight, said means comprising a plurality of like hooks having a shank portion secured to the weight at equidistant circumferentially spaced points and having pointed hook portions projecting beyond the peripheral surface of said weight.

Claim 10

The dislodging and retrieving device defined in and according to claim 6 and, in combination, said last-mentioned means comprising clawlike means carried by the lower end of said weight, said means comprising of a plurality of like hooks having a shank portion secured to the weight at equidistant circumferentially spaced points and having pointed hook portions projecting beyond the peripheral surface of said weight, said hooks being of malleable metal and capable of straightening out when a predetermined load is imposed thereon and being manually bendable to resume a predetermined shape whenever necessary or desired.