Patent ID: 7334822

Claim:
A Bimini Knot tying device comprising an elongated support having a pull axis, fishing line twisting means mounted on said support for movement along said axis, a hook member on said twisting means over which member a fishing line can be looped to form a standing line section and tag line section, whereby the loop can be pulled taut against said hook member generally in an axial direction at a regulated pull force, said line sections each having proximal and distal portions, said twisting means being operable to rotate said hook member and twist said distal portions about each other while said proximal portions are being held substantially non-rotatively and pulled in said generally axial direction by an operator to thereby form a twist segment of said line sections, cooperating mounting structures on said twisting means and support means respectively for allowing said twisting means to move a regulated distance axially within an axial distance range along said support means, retraction means on said device and connected to said twisting means for regulating the axial motion of said twisting means, shoulder means on said support means proximally removed from said twisting means a predetermined distance, and movable compression means adapted to be inserted through the distal end of said twist segment and axially proximally forced against said distal end to linearly compress said twist segment, said compression means further being adapted to engage said shoulder means to temporarily secure said distal end of said twist segment in a fixed axial position on said support means while finishing steps of the knot tying operation are being performed.