Patent ID: 6560917
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fish hook comprising:a longitudinally extending shank; a 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, which forms a closed loop defining 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, and wherein said mounted end of said hook-closing element is mounted on the shank head adjacent the longitudinally extending passage; and a detent for the hook-closing element which is mounted within said longitudinally extending passage of the shank head wherein the detent is slidably displaceable within 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, 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.