Patent ID: 6793750
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: A01K,B29C,B29L,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of affixing monofilament plastic fishing lines together, said method comprising the steps of:providing a hand held device having clamping jaws and an independent source of electrical power; providing a monofilament fishing line, passing the monofilament fishing line through a fishing device, manipulating the hand held device to clamp the monofilament fishing lines together on each side of the fishing device to clamp the monofilament fishing lines between the clamping jaws in an abutting relationship in contact with each other; applying heat powered by the independent source of power to the monofilament fishing lines while clamped together to melt the monofilament fishing lines to weld the monofilament fishing lines together to form a loop welded together with the fishing device retained in the loop.