Patent ID: 8028466
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A thwartable link for a vertical fishing line comprising: a substantially tubularly shaped body having a first end and a second end and first and second opposed side walls extending between said first and second ends; each of said side walls having an axially extending elongated slot passing therethrough; a knife blade within an interior of said tubularly shaped body, said knife blade being located adjacent said first end but facing said second end; said fishing line extending through said slots in said side walls and through the interior of said tubularly shaped body; stop means attached to said line adjacent said first side wall of said tubularly shaped body preventing said line from being pulled through said elongated slot in said first side wall; a tether extending between said second end of said tubular body and said line, said tether being connected to said line on a same side of said body as said stop means but spaced therefrom; means for temporarily retaining said line adjacent said second end of said tubularly shaped body; whereby applying a tensioning force on said line on a same side of said body as said second side wall of said body causes said line to slide axially in said slots toward said knife blade to be severed by said knife blade.