Patent ID: 8910416
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A fish hook in the form of a wire comprising a shank section, a bend section, a front length section including a point, and an offset section positioned between the front length section and the bend section: the offset section includes a first turn in the wire and a second turn in the wire to form an offset segment of the offset section between the first and second turns in the wire, wherein the bend section, front length section, first and second turns in the wire, and the offset section are positioned within a single plane; the bend section having a bottom and a first radius of curvature at a position adjacent to the first turn in the wire at a location that is not within the offset segment and the front length section is substantially straight at a position adjacent to the second turn in the wire at a location that is not within the offset segment; the offset segment creates an offset that offsets the front length section from the bend section such that a projection of the bend section and front length section without the offset would be substantially parallel to but not collinear with the bend section and front length section with the offset; and the fish hook is free of a second offset section that returns the wire of the hook to a position collinear or substantially collinear with the projection of the bend section, and wherein at least one of the first and second turns in the wire is positioned below a line bisecting a midpoint of a projected circle which is congruent with the bend section, the line bisecting the midpoint of the circle being parallel to a line tangent to the bottom of the bend.