Patent ID: 6164007
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fish hook comprising:a longitudinally extending shanka hook formation at one end of the shank terminating in a tip and having a gap between the shank and the tip;a shank head at the other end of the shank having a longitudinally extending passage there through;a hook-closing element having a mounted end and a free end remote from the mounted end wherein the hook-closing element is displaceable between a retracted position that lies adjacent to the shank and an extended position that extends across the gap; anda detent for the hook-closing element which is slidably displaceable along said passage between a first position, which acts to hold the hook-closing element in the retracted position, and a second position in which the detent releases the hook-closing element for displacement to the extended position, and wherein the detent comprises an eye for use in securing the fish hook to a fishing line and wherein the eye is in the form of a ring which passes through a transversely extended opening in the detent;wherein the hook-closing element has an abutment on which the detent acts when holding the hook-closing element in the retracted position, and said abutment is between the free end and the mounted end of the hook-closing element, and spaced from the free end.