Patent ID: 6026607
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
An apparatus for threading a hook comprising, in combination:a compact housing having a rectangular front face, a rectangular rear face, and a periphery formed therebetween defined by a pair of long parallel edges and short parallel edges, the housing having a first large primary slot formed between the front face and the rear face and defining an opening along one of the short parallel edges of the housing and a small secondary slot having a width and a length less than those of the large primary slot with the small secondary slot being formed in the front face in communication with the large primary slot and defining an elongated opening therein, an upper edge of the large primary slot having a pair of spaced indents formed therein;a slider assembly including a primary block having a square configuration with a detent formed on a top edge thereof with the primary block being slidably situated within the first primary slot, an interconnect integrally coupled to a side face of the primary block and extending through the small secondary slot for sliding therein, and a rectangular push tab having an outer knurled surface and an inner surface integrally coupled to the interconnect for allowing a user to slide the primary block within the large primary slot of the housing between a first orientation with the detent situated within a first indent located adjacent the opening of the large primary slot and a second orientation with the detent situated within a second indent located distant the opening of the large primary slot;an eyelet formed in the housing adjacent one of the short parallel edges opposite the opening of the large primary slot for allowing the passage of a key ring therethrough;a hook threader wire having a long linear horizontal extent with a first end coupled to a leading edge of the primary block of the slider assembly, a long angled extent having a first end integrally coupled to a second end of the long linear horizontal extent and forming a 16 degree angle therewith, a short angled extent having a first end integrally coupled to a second end of the long angled extent and defining a triangle with the long linear horizontal extent and the long angled extent, and a short linear vertical extent having a first end integrally coupled to a second end of the short angled extent and extending upwardly therefrom, whereby the hook threader wire resides entirely exterior of the housing when the primary block of the slider assembly is in the first orientation thereof and further remains entirely within the primary slot of the housing when the primary block of the slider assembly is in the second orientation thereof; anda line clipping assembly including a generally rectangular cut out formed in one of the long parallel edges of the housing adjacent the opening of the primary slot wherein the cut out defines a long edge and a short edge, a first rigid blade mounted on an end of the long edge of the cut out with a cutting edge extending downwardly therefrom, and a second flexible blade having a long flexible extent with a first end connected to an end of the short edge of the cut out and extending in parallel with and spaced from the long edge of the cut out with a second end having a cutting edge extending upwardly therefrom for being releasably abutted with the cutting edge of the first rigid blade to clip a fishing line.