Patent ID: 7216454
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A keeper for securing rigged fishing line to a fishing rod blank, comprising: (a) a strand of rigid wire, having a diameter of 1 mm to 3 mm, 3″ to 5″ in length, doubled back on itself through a loop to form a continuous doubled strand of wire to 3″ in length, (b) an open end located at the loop of the continuous strand of wire, (c) a fixed end located at the terminus of the continuous doubled strand of wire opposite to the loop, (d) a midpoint located approximately midway between the open end and the fixed end, (e) a horizontal arm extending horizontally from the fixed end to the midpoint, (f) a horizontal plane defined by the horizontal arm, (g) an angled arm extending upward from the horizontal plane at an angle φ in the range 40° to 50° to the open end, (h) an arched arm extending from the midpoint to the angled arm, which arched arm comprises an ascending segment, a vertex and a descending segment, such that the ascending segment extends upward from the horizontal plane at an angle α in the range 20° to 30° to the vertex approximately ⅛″ to ¼″ above the horizontal plane, and such that the ascending segment at the vertex transitions into the descending segment through an angle θ in the range 110° to 130°, and such that the descending segment extends from the vertex down to the horizontal plane, where it transitions into the angled arm.