Patent ID: 6016622
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
In a fishing diver comprising a diving plane, guide means on said diving plane for guiding a fishing line along the plane of said diving plane through said guide means, one end of the line extending to a baiting lure and the other end of the line being reelable for trolling, and releasable latch means on said diving plane having a latched condition clamping said diving plane to the line such that upon trolling said diver dives downwardly at an angle to the line, said latch means having a released condition responsive to the strike of a fish on the lure unclamping said diving plane from the line and providing free sliding passage of the line through said guide means along the plane of said diving plane, said line through the guide means extending substantially parallel to said plane of said diving plane in said released condition of said latch means, said latch means including an eyelet guiding said other end of the line therethrough and then forwardly to said guide means, the improvement comprising:an arrangement comprising a deformable sleeve disposed in the eyelet for surrounding the line and preventing the line from coming into contact with the eyelet as the line passes through the eyelet whereby to minimize breakage of the line thereat.