Patent ID: 6205698
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fishhook remover for fishhooks tied to fishing line, comprising:a pistol-grip handle;a lateral-extending flange fixed to the pistol-grip handle, the flange arranged so that a user grasping the handle in one hand as a pistol can outstretch and rest his or her thumb of the same hand on the flange; and,an elongated shank that is fixed to the handle and extends forwardly from the handle to terminate in a forked end having divergent branches;wherein one of the branches of the forked end is further configured with a J-shaped portion such that the forked end and J-shaped portion thereof are contained in a common plane, and that the J-shaped portion defines a rearwardly opening U-shaped slot;wherein the forked end and the J-shaped portion are shaped and arranged to allow alternate methods of coupling with the fishhook elbow such that the forked end is shaped and sized to couple with the elbow of the fishhook by it resting against the elbow for thrust strokes, and that the J-shaped portion is shaped and sized to couple with the elbow of the fishhook by sling-hooking the elbow for pull strokes; and,wherein the J-shaped portion is further disposed relative to the forked end by virtue of being contained in the common plane, so as to allow transfer, without discontinuity, from (i) a given instance of coupling between the forked end and fishhook elbow, to (ii) a given instance of coupling between the J-shaped portion and fishhook elbow, by displacing the fishhook to sweep out generally a half-circle about the forked end.