Patent ID: 6634136
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
Suitable for use in a line clamp mechanism having resiliently flexible elongate arms, each arm having a distal end and a proximal end, a jaw in the vicinity of the distal end of the arm and presenting an inwardly-facing jaw surface, a compression adjusting means in the vicinity of the proximal end of the arm, a grip portion located between the jaw and the compression-adjusting means, and an inwardly-facing pivot component located between the jaw and the grip portion, and proximate to the jaw, and the arms being pivotally connected together by means of pivotal engagement of a coupling means with the pivot components, wherein the jaw surfaces are in faced opposition, and the arm compression-adjusting means are proximate to each other wherein the jaw surfaces can be pivoted away from each other by pressing the grip portions toward one another, so as to permit the insertion of a fishing line for clamping between the jaw surfaces;a spacer displaceably interposable between the compression-adjusting means wherein the spacer can be moved along the length of the elongate arms into or out of interposition between the compression-adjusting means, and wherein interposing the spacer between the compression-adjusting means forces the proximal ends of the arms apart so as to outwardly flex the elongate arms, wherein the clamping force between the jaw surfaces is greater when the spacer is interposed between the compression-adjusting means than when no spacer is interposed between the compression-adjusting means.