Patent ID: 6272788
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fish hook removing device for removing a hook from the mouth of a fish comprising a hollow tubular member having an elongated insertable portion with an outer end and an inner end, an upper surface and straight interior walls and a long axis and an elongated handle portion connected to the inner end of said elongated insertable portion and having an upper surface and interior walls and a long axis with the long axis of said elongated handle portion and the long axis of said elongated insertable portion forming an angle greater than or equal to 140 degrees and less than or equal to 160 degrees, said elongated insertable member and said handle portion having a straight slot located in one of the interior walls with the upper surface of said elongated insertable portion and a portion of one of the interior walls with the upper surface of said elongated handle portion, said straight slot extending from the outer end of said elongated insertable member to a termination point on the upper surface of said elongated handle portion located by a straight line extension of a straight interior wall of said elongated insertable portion opposite the straight interior wall with the slot in said elongated insertable portion.