Patent ID: 6012247
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A spring-loaded fishhook setting apparatus, the apparatus comprising;a fishing line, said fishing line being adapted with a fishhook on one end and attached to a spring on the other end;said spring being adapted to be mounted from one end upon a housing so that it may be stretched and a free end which may be received by a receiving peg mounted upon a trigger lever and, at said free end, receive said fishing line and further, when released from said receiving peg, said spring may contract and pull said fishing line through a line guiding means,said trigger lever further comprising a rotational hinge about which a flat planar trigger member may rotate, said flat planar trigger member being adapted to rotate from an armed position in which said spring is held stretched to an engaged position from which said spring may be released to contract and pull said fishing line and said trigger member may engage a signaling means;said line guiding means further comprising means of routing said fishing line through a path from said spring end and through said trigger lever so as to cause said flat planar trigger member to rotate when pulled with sufficient force from said fishhook end; andsaid signaling means further comprising a spring-loaded arm which is held down when said flat planar trigger member is in the armed position and is released when said trigger member is engaged to reveal a visible surface.