Patent ID: 7494162
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A knot-tying device, comprising: (a) a rectangular card body having a substantially planar surface, with a first side and a second side; (b) said card body being made of rigid buoyant material and having four rounded corners; (c) said card body having four holes proximal to said rounded corners; (d) protruding from the first side and attached to each of said holes is a retaining means for entraining separate leader lines in crossing diagonal relation to each other; (e) said device having a swivel disc cut from said card body adapted to pivot perpendicularly transverse to said planar surface of said card body; (f) said swivel disc having an edge with an indented groove for receiving a springing mechanism means for maintaining the swivel disc in pivotal and rotating cooperation with said card body; (g) the springing mechanism means forming two opposing pivot points along the edge enabling the swivel disc to operate in pivotal cooperation with said card body; (h) the swivel disc containing a bifurcated slot having two closed ends centrally located and extending to a single open end at said edge of the swivel disc; (i) the bifurcated slot receiving the separate leader lines in crossing diagonal relation to each other when the swivel disc is pivoted, orienting said slot to the first side; (j) the swivel disc being cut off center from said card body along a lengthwise central axis of said card body; (k) the two opposing pivot points being non-diametrically located along said edge and pivotally engaging the swivel disc to the rectangular card body; and (l) whereby the separate leader lines are tied into a knot when the swivel disc is rotated within the rectangular card body.