Patent ID: 6189257
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fishhook adapted to be used in an arrangement involving at least first and second hooks of an array of clustered hooks, with each hook of the array mounted for pivotal movement so as to be able to minify the chance of entanglement with weeds or trash, each said hook having an eye where it may be attached to a line or to another hook, each said hook also having an upper shank portion extending at an angle downwardly from said eye, and a lower, lure-receiving shank portion integral with said upper shank portion, said upper and lower shank portions of each hook meeting in a curved forward shoulder portion forming an acute angle, such that said lower shank portion is able to reside in a generally horizontal position when said hook is suspended from said eye, the end of said lower shank portion remote from said shoulder portion having an upturned portion terminating in a point, and a relatively small loop formed in said lower shank portion of said first hook, said loop having a relatively narrow entrance portion, through which entrance portion the eye of the second hook of like construction can be passed, said loop making it readily possible for the second hook to be suspended below said lower shank portion of said first hook, thus to enable the clustering of two or more hooks in a substantially vertically disposed array.