WO1994019936A1 - Dispositif de retenue de l'appat se fixant a l'hameçon - Google Patents

Dispositif de retenue de l'appat se fixant a l'hameçon Download PDF

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WO1994019936A1
WO1994019936A1 PCT/US1994/002394 US9402394W WO9419936A1 WO 1994019936 A1 WO1994019936 A1 WO 1994019936A1 US 9402394 W US9402394 W US 9402394W WO 9419936 A1 WO9419936 A1 WO 9419936A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K83/00—Fish-hooks
    • A01K83/06—Devices for holding bait on hooks
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K85/00—Artificial bait for fishing

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  • This invention relates to an improved bait holding attachment for fishhooks. More particularly, the invention relates to an improved, simplified arrangement for securing bait, both natural and artificial, onto a fishhook in differ- ent positions.
  • the present invention is particularly suited for use with artificial bait, and more particularly with so-called soft plastic baits such as plastic worms, crawfish, grubs, snakes, and the like.
  • soft plastic baits such as plastic worms, crawfish, grubs, snakes, and the like.
  • the textures of such baits are rather soft and of uniform texture.
  • the baits are made to be very soft to more closely simulate a natural or living creature.
  • the use of soft baits has grown tremendously in recent years, because of the improved technologies of the plastics used. The baits have become softer, and have also become more flexible.
  • a soft, flexible bait generally is easier to tear or break as it is pulled through underwater brush, rocks, weeds, etc. As a result, the bait must be changed more frequently and the costs to the fisherman can increase.
  • Some of the more common techniques used for attaching the bait to the hook involve passing the hook and barb completely through the body of the bait. In some techniques, only the tip of the hook is embedded in the soft plastic, while in other tech ⁇ niques, most of the shank of the hook is embedded.
  • the rod while being rigid, has one end pivotally attached to the eye of the hook, so that it has some degree of movement, but once the bait is secured, no significant further movement is possible, since the rigidity of the rod prevents substantial flexing of the bait. Further, since the rod is rigid and straight, some rigging techniques which utilize a curved worm body are to some extent inhibited by this type of hook arrangement.
  • the rigid rod is also of a diameter substantially the same as, or even larger than, the diameter of the hook. This can cause tearing of the end of the worm during use, with the result that the worm would be discarded early.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved bait attaching device for fishhooks which overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide a flexible bait securing device for fishhooks. Yet another object of the invention is to provide a bait attaching device which securely holds the bait in place, but which nonetheless retains a significant degree of flexibility. Still a further object of the invention is to provide an improved bait securing device which may be attached either to the eye of the hook or may be attached to the shank of the hook so that it may be used to attach the bait closer to the throat of the hook.
  • the bait holding device comprises a thin piece of wire having a generally central loop or U-shaped bend, with a small length of the free ends of the wire being bent again into a V- or U-shape so as to form a hook-like portion at each of the two ends of the wire.
  • the hook-like portions serve to secure the bait in place with respect to the hook, but do so without themselves damaging the bait.
  • the thin wire may be secured by means of a small ferrule which is formed around both shanks of the wire near the central bend.
  • the bait holding device may be attached to the eye of the fishhook, or may be attached about the shank so that it can freely slide along the shank between the eye and the barb of the hook.
  • the wire used for the bait holding device is much thinner than the wire used to make the fishhook, and is typically about 0.020 inch diameter.
  • the ferrule may be formed of metal or plastic, and may serve multiple functions as well. For example, if the ferrule is formed of lead, it may serve as a weight.
  • the ferrule may be attached by hand, for example, to a hook so that the bait securing device may be attached to any hook by the user. Alternatively, the device may be attached by the hook manufac ⁇ turer.
  • the ferrule may be formed of molded plastic, which is of course lightweight.
  • the ferrule can also be hollow and contain small beads which then function as a rattle to generate noise when the lure is moved through the water.
  • the ferrule may be a loose fit around the wires, such that it can slide along the wires, or it may be tightly crimped in place.
  • FIGURES 1, 2 and 3 are enlarged views illustrating the steps in the manufacture of a bait securing device according to this invention
  • FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of a fishhook showing the bait securing device attached to the eye of the hook;
  • FIGURE 5 is a plan view showing a plastic worm bait secured to a fishhook using the bait securing device of the present invention
  • FIGURE 6 is a fragmentary sectional view of a portion of the bait securing device showing the manner in which the device is embedded in the bait; and FIGURE 7 is a perspective view showing an alternative manner of attaching the bait securing device to a fishhook.
  • a piece of wire 10 with a diameter of about 0.020" is bent so as to form a loop 12 near the mid-point of the wire 10. It is preferable to form the loop 12 slightly offset from the precise mid-point, in order that the ends 14, 14' will be slightly offset from each other.
  • Most fishing hooks are made from wire having a diameter on the order of about 0.060-0.070 inch, i.e. significantly greater than that of the wire used in this invention.
  • a ferrule 16 is then positioned around the wire 10 near the loop 12.
  • this ferrule may metal or plastic sleeve, in which case it may be slipped over the double wire ends before the bends are formed, or may be a molded metal or plastic element.
  • the bends serve to hold the ferrule on the wires without crimping.
  • the ferrule may also be formed in such a manner that it does not slide on the wires once it is formed, as by being crimped in place.
  • the wire is bent near the ends 14, 14' so as to form small recurved portions in the nature of hooks 18 as seen in FIGURE 3. While these bends may be U-shaped, in some cases it is preferable that they be sharper bends, more in the nature of V-shaped bends. In this manner, the "V" forms a point to facilitate insertion of the wires into the end of the bait.
  • the bend 12 of the wire 10 may be formed around the eye 26 of a fishhook, and in such case, the bait securing device 20 is attached to the fishhook 22 in the manner shown in FIGURE 4.
  • the small diameter of the wire of the device 20 does not interfere with tying a fishing line 24 to the eye 26.
  • the wire 10 is considerably smaller in diameter than the wire which forms the fishhook, for example about a third of the diameter of the fishhook. In this manner, the wire need not be rigid, and is much more flexible than the fishhook with which it is used.
  • the fishhook 22 has an eye 26 which is attached to a fishing line 28, and the small wire ends 18 are embedded in the end of the bait, such as a plastic worm 30.
  • the ferrule 16 would not be embedded in worm 30, although it is small enough that it would not damage the worm should the angler choose to embed the ferule in the end of the worm 30.
  • the ferrule is hollow and contains a freely moving bead inside the ferrule, the bead and ferrule would function as a rattle, which serves as an additional fish attractant.
  • Other fish attractants could also be used instead of worms, for example strands of rubber or bundles of hair, both of which are commonly used on fishing lures.
  • the hooks will help prevent the fish attractant from being pulled off of the lure.
  • the ability to attach other types of baits or attractants with great flexibility is an important feature of this invention.
  • the bait securing device may be attached around the shank of the hook as seen in FIGURE 7. While in appearance this would be similar to a so-called trailer hook, the bait attaching device merely serves to secure the bait, and is not of sufficient strength or size to serve as a fish catching hook.
  • Different baits or bait rigging styles require attachment of the bait in different positions, and as seen in FIGURE 7, the bait may be attached behind or below the hook without the fishhook actually penetrating the bait.
  • This arrangement better positions the fish attractant in relation to the point of the hook for better presentation, and to both conceal the hook and prevent it from being easily snagged on obstructions.
  • the midpoint of the plastic worm could be attached to the bait holding device a distance away from the end of the plastic worm at any point along the worm.
  • the smaller diameter wire of the hook will prevent damage to a soft plastic bait, while still adequately securing the bait.

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L'invention se rapporte à un dispositif (20) de retenue de l'appât, destiné à être utilisé avec des hameçons, lesquels sont çoncus de façon à comprendre un fil métallique façonné de manière à présenter une partie en ÷illet (26) à une extrémité, une partie droite intermédiaire et une partie en hameçon terminée par une pointe. Le dispositif (20) de retenue de l'appât comprend une longueur de fil métallique (10) d'un diamètre considérablement inférieur à celui du hameçon (22), ce fil métallique comportant en outre un coude formant une boucle (12) à peu près en son milieu et des coudes terminaux en U (18) aux deux extrémités, ainsi qu'une bague d'arrêt qui entoure le fil (10) entre la boucle (12) et les coudes terminaux (18) de façon à servir d'attache pour fixer le dispositif (20) de retenue de l'appât à l'hameçon (22). Un tel dispositif (20) de retenue de l'appât peut être conçu combiné à l'hameçon (22) ou comme élément séparé venant se fixer à des hameçons existants.
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US08/513,819 US5890317A (en) 1994-03-01 1994-03-01 Bait holding attachment for fishhook

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FR2790361A1 (fr) 1999-03-03 2000-09-08 Cannelle Peche Dispositif d'agrafe pour l'accrochage d'un appat pour la peche
US7614178B2 (en) * 2007-09-14 2009-11-10 Rex Harrison Hoyt Resonating jig head
US7895789B2 (en) * 2005-06-22 2011-03-01 Langer Alexander G Pliable spinning appendages and attachments for fishing lures
US8230639B2 (en) 2005-06-22 2012-07-31 Langer Technologies, Inc. Swivel mechanisms for fishing lures and pliable spinning appendages and fishing lure assemblies incorporating such swivel mechanisms
GB2492818A (en) * 2011-07-14 2013-01-16 Bartholomeus Bernardus Elisabeth Broeders Appendix for a fish hook
US8776428B2 (en) 2005-06-22 2014-07-15 Langer Technologies, Inc. Fishing lure assembly
US20170325433A1 (en) * 2016-05-16 2017-11-16 Kelly Frederick Variable tension fish hook
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US2922247A (en) * 1955-08-30 1960-01-26 Donald R Buss Fish hook assembly
US3736691A (en) * 1971-09-30 1973-06-05 L Gist Chrome slide lock bead bait holder
US3795074A (en) * 1973-05-24 1974-03-05 J Mantel Natural bait holder
US5121568A (en) * 1991-01-23 1992-06-16 James Lindmeyer Audible fishing attractor

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FR2790361A1 (fr) 1999-03-03 2000-09-08 Cannelle Peche Dispositif d'agrafe pour l'accrochage d'un appat pour la peche
US7895789B2 (en) * 2005-06-22 2011-03-01 Langer Alexander G Pliable spinning appendages and attachments for fishing lures
US8230639B2 (en) 2005-06-22 2012-07-31 Langer Technologies, Inc. Swivel mechanisms for fishing lures and pliable spinning appendages and fishing lure assemblies incorporating such swivel mechanisms
US8776428B2 (en) 2005-06-22 2014-07-15 Langer Technologies, Inc. Fishing lure assembly
US7614178B2 (en) * 2007-09-14 2009-11-10 Rex Harrison Hoyt Resonating jig head
GB2492818A (en) * 2011-07-14 2013-01-16 Bartholomeus Bernardus Elisabeth Broeders Appendix for a fish hook
GB2492818B (en) * 2011-07-14 2014-03-12 Bartholomeus Bernardus Elisabeth Broeders Appendix for a fish hook and an assembly of a fish hook and said appendix
US20170325433A1 (en) * 2016-05-16 2017-11-16 Kelly Frederick Variable tension fish hook
US11666044B2 (en) 2019-02-18 2023-06-06 Rex Harrison Hoyt Jig head

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