Patent ID: 7069687

Claim:
A case for housing a fishing hook, comprising: a body portion having first and second sections coupled to each other to be opened and closed, wherein said first and second sections form a hook receiving area when said first and second sections are in a closed position; wherein an internal surface of said first section of said body portion for holding the fishing hook in said hook receiving area includes first and second inclined side walls, said first and second inclined side walls being opposed to one another and inclined toward one another in a downward direction, said internal surface of said first section has a central groove disposed between said first and second inclined side walls; and wherein each surface of each of said first and second inclined side walls includes a cylindrical projecting member extending upward from each of said inclined side walls, each said projecting member being adapted to hold at least one prong of the fishing hook thereon, and wherein the fishing hook is a three-pronged fishing hook and can be held in said hook receiving area, with one prong of said three prongs extended in said central groove, and the two other prongs of said three prongs held by said first and second projecting members, respectively.