Patent ID: 8381430

Claim:
A fishhook disgorger, comprising: a pair of aligned opposed jaws having front and rear ends and each jaw having a surface configured to hold a fishhook, said jaws being pivotally connected to each other by a hinge pin intermediate their ends, and a hand operated mechanism that pivots said jaws toward each other around said hinge pin so as to grip a fishhook therebetween with the configured surfaces, said hand operated mechanism comprising a first hollow cylindrical tube having a pair of aligned longitudinal slots adjacent one of its rear end, a transversely extending hand grip affixed to said rear end, a cylindrical shaft enclosed in said first tube, said shaft being slidable longitudinally within said first tube, a fingerpull comprising a second hollow cylindrical tube enclosing a portion of said first tube, finger engagable handles extending from said second tube in general alignment with said hand grip, a rod having its ends anchored in opposite surfaces of said fingerpull, said rod passing through said slots in said first tube and being attached to and movable with said shaft when said fingerpull is moved toward said hand grip, and means connecting said shaft to said pair of pivotable jaws.