Abstract A fish hook holder for safely retaining a fish hook, while threading and securing a line or leader manually to the hook eye. The device includes an elongated, somewhat rigid, bifurcated body having a hollow, internal chamber, a plurality of rigid, hook engaging pins fastened laterally to said bifurcated body sections through said hollow chamber, said body having a closed fixed end and a slotted end formed by the bifurcated arms, the end slot including planar surface engaged walls in flush contact, the walls being parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body. A fish hook is engaged to a particular lateral pin inside the arcuate portion of the hook, while the shaft or shank of the hook is firmly held, positioned resiliently by the slotted, planar wall surfaces. The closed body end includes an aperture for receiving a removable fastener which allows the device to be attached to a fixed object or a person's apparel such as a belt which allows the operator's hand to be free to allow attachment of the line or leader to the hook and anchor the device to resist heavy longitudinal tension applied to the line or leader when pulling the knot tight.
Inventors
👤 T. John Pruncutz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-08 14:14
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01K; A01K91/00; A01K91/03; A01K91/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
158 words
An improved fish hook holder for retaining a fish hook while protecting the manual threading and affixing of a line or leader to a hook comprising: an elongated resilient body, said body having a hollow interior chamber, said body including a pair of resilient separable bifurcated arms forming a slotted surface at one end of said body, said surface slot being smaller than the diameter of a fish hook body and forming a closed surface at the opposite end of said body; said bifurcated body arms form a slot with a pair of parallel, planar wall surfaces having a longitudinal length equal to the thickness of the bifurcated arms, said wall surfaces being disposed in the longitudinal axis of said body; and a plurality of rigid pins spaced apart longitudinally, laterally coupling said bifurcated arms together whereby said pins may accommodate and are spaced at different distances from said slotted end to accommodate fish hooks of varying lengths.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
158 words
An improved fish hook holder for retaining a fish hook while protecting the manual threading and affixing of a line or leader to a hook comprising: an elongated resilient body, said body having a hollow interior chamber, said body including a pair of resilient separable bifurcated arms forming a slotted surface at one end of said body, said surface slot being smaller than the diameter of a fish hook body and forming a closed surface at the opposite end of said body; said bifurcated body arms form a slot with a pair of parallel, planar wall surfaces having a longitudinal length equal to the thickness of the bifurcated arms, said wall surfaces being disposed in the longitudinal axis of said body; and a plurality of rigid pins spaced apart longitudinally, laterally coupling said bifurcated arms together whereby said pins may accommodate and are spaced at different distances from said slotted end to accommodate fish hooks of varying lengths.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
An improved fish hook holder as in claim 1, including: said body having an aperture means disposed at said closed end for affixing an anchoring means to said body.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
An improved fish hook holder as in claim 2 including: anchoring means connected to said body through said body aperture; and body swivel means connected to said anchoring means and said body, whereby said body may be rotated relative to said anchoring means.