Patent ID: 11889822
Assignee: nan
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. A live bait holder comprising:
a flexible strip being elongated from a first end to a second end, said flexible strip having a concave surface and a convex surface, said surfaces extending from said first end to said second end, said flexible strip having a pair of edges extending from said first end to said second end and extending from said concave surface to said convex surface, said flexible strip being constructed of plastic, said concave surface and said pair of edges being textured, wherein said flexible strip is elastically bendable and elastically stretchable, said flexible strip being configured to be disposed in a wrapped position around a bait animal wherein a coextensive portion of said concave surface and associated coextensive portions of each said edge are disposed in abutment with a surface of the bait animal to define a loop, said coextensive portion of said concave surface and said associated coextensive portions of each said edge exerting an elastic force compressing the bait animal and frictionally engaging the surface of the bait animal;
an O-ring, said O-ring elastically stretching to receive said first end and said second end simultaneously when said flexible strip is in said wrapped position, said O-ring exerting an elastic force on said second surface proximate said first end and said second surface proximate said second end such that said flexible strip is retained in said wrapped position, said O-ring being positionable on said flexible strip while in said wrapped position adjacent to said loop; and
a fishhook, said flexible strip being perforable by said fishhook, said fishhook being extended through said flexible strip adjacent to said O-ring such that said O-ring is configured for being positioned between said fishhook and said loop whereby said fish hook is positioned opposite to said loop and said O-ring is secured in a static position said flexible strip by said fishhook and said loop.