Patent ID: 6085456
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fish hook comprising:A) a flat sheet metal stamping which is completely stamped from a flat sheet of metal to its finished shape, said stamping having a uniform thickness throughout and having the form of a hook which lies in a predetermined plane and which is completely and fully formed by being stamped laterally from relatively thin flat sheet metal stock,B) said flat stamping having a U-shaped hook portion, and having an elongate straight shank portion which at one end is joined to said U-shaped hook portion, both of said portions having rectangular cross-sectional configurations,C) said U-shaped hook portion including a bill portion terminating in a point having a barb, at least part of said U-shaped book portion and bill portion being disposed substantially in the same plane as the shank portion, said bill portion being integral with said U-shaped hook portion and having a substantially rectangular cross sectional configuration,D) said shank portion at another end having an eye portion with an aperture for attachment to a fish line,E) said shank portion having a pair of spaced-apart fingers adjacent said eye portion extending perpendicular to said shank and adapted to receive between them a fish attractant, said shank having adjacent said fingers a plurality of pointed lateral enlargements on opposite sides of said shank to minimize the likelihood of slippage of a lure that has been wrapped around said shank portion, said fingers and said enlargements integrally formed with said fish hook.