Patent ID: 9320267
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: A01K

Claim Text:
1. A double-sided terminal tackle holder for securing fishing line and fishing hooks, comprising: a three-dimensional, generally flat and generally rectangular shaped base; said base having a first face, a second face, a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side; said base comprised of cushioned and resilient material; wherein said base further comprises four, three-dimensional exposed and elongated ribs, each of said ribs having a first face, a second face, a first side, a second side, a first end, and a second end; wherein one of the sides of said first rib is statically affixed to said base's first face, adjacent and parallel to said base's first side; wherein one of the sides of said second rib is statically affixed to said base's first face, adjacent to said base's third side, and being substantially parallel in relation to said first rib; wherein one of the sides of said third rib is statically affixed to said base's second face, adjacent and parallel to said first side of said base; wherein one of the sides of said fourth rib is statically affixed to said base's second face, adjacent to said base's third side, being substantially parallel in relation to said third rib; wherein said third and fourth ribs are positioned on said second face in direct relation to said first and second ribs positioned on said first face; such that said first and second base faces have said first and second ribs, and said third and fourth ribs, respectively, attached in a parallel relationship; said first and second ribs, and said third and fourth ribs, each being substantially separated from one another creating an open space therebetween where fishing line and hooks are secured; wherein all of said ribs are orientated in the same direction; wherein each of said ribs extend substantially outward from the surface of said first and second faces of said base, in order to protect terminal tackle; wherein said base comprises a means for receiving and releasably holding fishing hooks; wherein said means for receiving and releasably holding said fishing hooks is comprised of slits, each slit of said slits having a first slit face and a second slit faces; said slits being indexed within said first face and said second face of said base and located in said open space between said first and second ribs, and said third and fourth ribs; such that fishing hooks are insertable into said slits between the first and second slit faces where the cushioned and resilient material compresses upon said fishing hooks to secure them.