Abstract: A fishing lure retriever for quickly and reliably releasing and retrieving lures, plugs or other fishing tackle which have become entangled on obstructions, vegetation or timber during the fishing process. The device comprising a disk-shaped, weighted body having a frontal opening located therein and a suspension closure rotatably joined together by connecting apparatus which are spatially disposed within the aforementioned frontal opening and which securely engage the suspension closure holding it in place for being disposed about a snagged fishing line so that it can slidably travel along said line from a point spatially disposed between the tip of a fishing rod and the snagged lure, thereby freeing the ensnared lure and allowing both to be retrieved by the angler for inspection, repair, and subsequent reuse.

Abstract: A tool for use in removing the outer sheet metal skin of an automobile door. The tool includes an elongated body having a generally longitudinal axis. A shank is located at one end of the body for connection to a reciprocating apparatus such as an air hammer. A cutting portion is located at the opposite end of the elongated body. The cutting portion of the tool includes a somewhat flattened area extending from the end of the tool. A pair of fingers are located at the cutting end of the tool and project outwardly from the flattened area side of the body. The fingers extend generally at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the body and are spaced apart a sufficient distance to straddle the outer edge of an automobile door to guide the tool during cutting. A narrow cutting tooth is formed on the flattened area of the cutting portion of the tool and is positioned to engage the edge of the automobile door when the fingers are straddling the edge.

Abstract: A segmented handle is characterized by an upper gripping member having an opening which partially extends therethrough. At least one lower gripping member is positioned adjacent the upper gripping member and has an opening extending therethrough to permit communication with the opening in the upper gripping member. An apparatus for releasably securing the gripping members in a fixed, coaxial relationship is positioned on adjacent portions of said members. Alternatively, the above apparatus may be disposed in the opening of the upper gripping member.

Abstract: A swingable frame or trap bar component is pivotally mounted by one end thereof to one end of a stationary frame which includes a pair of spaced and parallel side frames extending upwardly from a base. A heavy duty coil spring normally urges the trap bar component to be released or vertical position. A trigger plate pivoted to the base and is held in the set position by a trigger pivotally mounted on a cross bar between the side frames, said trigger overlying the distal end of the trap bar component when the same is placed in the set position parallel to the base and against pressure of the spring. The trigger engages under the trigger plate to hold the trap in the set position. A sloping cross piece on the trap bar component is engaged by the trigger which is slidable across the cross bar enabling a degree of sensitivity to be imported to the release of the trigger by depression of the trigger plate.

Abstract: Apparatus for killing pests with an electrified screen. The screen has conductive weft strands woven between insulative warp strands. Insulative weft strands may be disposed between adjacent conductive weft strands. Busses are disposed in the warp having an insulative base and conductive strips on opposite sides thereof. Alternate conductive weft strands contact one of the strips and the remaining conductive weft strands contact the other strip. The screen may be mounted vertically about a field to kill insects attempting to enter. Also the screen may be employed around the home to kill pests.

Abstract: A floating container, specially adapted to hold live bait, which is shaped like a small boat so that it can be pulled behind a fishing vessel without sinking. The container is transparent so that the bait carried therein can be seen and thus attract game fish in the surrounding water. The container is structured to provide proper aeration for the bait, yet allow access to it when needed. Closure doors are positioned to shut independently when the container is being towed.

Abstract: A ratchet pipe cutter having a pipe-receiving body and a lever arm for turning the pipe-receiving body. The pipe-receiving body is cylindrical and has a turning gear at one end and cutting wheels for cutting pipe at the other end. The pipe-receiving body comprises two longitudinal portions joined by a hinge to allow the body to be opened and closed about a pipe. The hinge of said pipe-receiving body is located between the turning gear and the pipe cutting wheels. The lever arm has an annular interior groove for receiving the turning gear and a pawl for engaging the turning gear in a ratchet motion.

Abstract: A combination carpet razor knife and guide. In known carpet razor knives, a screw retains a razor in sandwiched relation to the opposed halves of the carpet razor knife body. In the invention, this screw is utilized to fixedly secure an arm to the knife, at right angles thereto, the arm being adapted to secure a depending guide in a plurality of functional positions of horizontal adjustment relative to the razor. The novel guide produces a new method for making a substantially perfect seam between abutting carpets.

Abstract: A tube trimming device for cutting each of a plurality of closely spaced projecting tubes an equal distance from a reference or support wall. The device comprises inner and outer tubular housing members that are telescoped together for relative sliding movement through a limited range of travel. A spring extends the two members. A stationary bushing is connected to the projecting end of the inner member to set the desired location of a cutter wheel rotatably mounted on one end of an arm that is pivotally connected to the inner member on the inside. The other end of the pivoted arm has a cam follower that rides on a conical cam surface of the outer member. The tubular inner member is inserted over the projecting end of the tube to be cut, with the stationary bushing pressed against the reference wall. The outer housing is rotatably driven by a motor while, at the same time, the outer housing is pushed toward the reference wall.

Abstract: An ice fishing device having a cylindrical sleeve that is resilient and radially compressible to enable the ice fishing device to adapt to a variety of different size holes in the ice and members on the cylindrical sleeve to vertically and securely support the ice fishing device within the confines of a hole in the ice. A small charcoal chamber attaches to the side of the ice fishing device and holds sufficient charcoal to produce sufficient heat to keep the water in the hole from freezing yet keep the ice fishing device sufficiently cool so as not to burn a fishing line located therein.

Abstract: A novel structure for a fish landing net, or basket, is provided wherein the net is defined by top and bottom C-shaped supports secured in spaced relationship by a plurality of longitudinal ribs. Corresponding ends of the C-shaped supports are secured together by parallel, spaced slider bars which define a slot opening into the interior of the fish landing net. The slider bars are adapted to receive a snap ring which is connectable around the two bars and is slidable thereon, to close the slot and to secure a fishing line within the net. The snap ring is secured to a lowering line by means of which the net may be lowered along the fishing line to encompass a fish hooked on the fishing line. A weight is provided on the snap ring so that when the landing net surrounds the fish, the weight will carry the snap ring downwardly along the slide bars past a shoulder formed in at least one of the bars, which prevents the ring from sliding back up the slide bars.

Abstract: An improved key for driving tamper-proof bolts includes a plastic key handle molded onto one end of a tubular sleeve. The tubular sleeve has a transverse aperture near an end opposite the key handle, and a ball is captively held by the tubular sleeve adjacent the transverse aperture. Molded into the key handle are a chamber providing access to one end of the tubular sleeve and a channel extending transversely through the chamber. The key also includes a plastic plunger handle molded onto an end of a plunger rod axially slidable within the tubular sleeve. A camming surface is located on the end of the plunger rod opposite the plunger handle for camming the ball into the transverse aperture of the tubular sleeve. Molded into the plunger handle is a flattened surface and a flange. A pin is press-fit into the channel adjacent and parallel to the flattened surface of the plunger handle for preventing the plunger handle from rotating and for retaining the flange within the chamber of the key handle.

Abstract: An improved specialized punch designed to produce, in a single motion, one or more openings through a tough plastic lid of the type used as covers for disposable beverage cups. The punch employs a scissor action and includes a pair of handles having mating jaws one of which has one or more punching dies and the second, an anvil with matching openings arranged in an concave arcuate array. In one embodiment the main jaws include a stop which limits the advance of the jaws onto a lid and properly positions the jaws for piercing the lid. The jaw likewise includes a guide which holds the upstanding rim of the lid for precise positioning during punching. In another embodiment the punch presents the appearance of an office stapler and includes an arcuate shaped male cutting die and a plurality of guide grooves for different size lids.

Abstract: A magnetic hammer having a handle and a hammer body coupled to the handle includes a cylindrical magnetic insert having first and second ends with the magnetic poles of the insert being aligned with the central axis of the insert. A cylindrical retainer having first and second ends includes a cylindrical chamber which is sized to receive and retain the magnetic insert. The axis of the magnetic insert is aligned with the axis of the cylindrical retainer and the first end of the magnetic insert and the first end of the cylindrical retainer form the hammering face of the hammer. The second end of the cylindrical retainer is coupled to the hammer body.

Abstract: The invention provides for an automatically releasing mounting system by dint of which a weight member may be releasably connected to a fishing-line. The mounting system comprises a receptacle resiliently biassed into essentially conical shape. Wall portions of the receptacle are interconnected by a pivotal joint near the upper end thereof, while latch apparatus are provided to releasably connect the lower ends of the wall portions. The latch apparatus include a latch member having a wing formed integral thereto. When the receptacle hits the surface of the water, the relative movement between the water and the wing portion of the latch member will cause moving of the latch member out of the associated latch-catch. Thus the wall portions of the receptacle cooperating in defining the lower aperture of the container can expand. The receptacle including the latch apparatus can be molded as a single essentially flat part.

Abstract: A fisherman's leader and/or line dispenser and decoiler including an enclosed container and spool of fisherman's leader/line mounted within the container. A pair of first and second resilient pads are mounted within the container in a posture of opposing engagement and the resilient character of the pad material provides mutual self-biasing of the pads together. An aperture is provided through a portion of the container whereby a fisherman's leader/line may be threaded from the spool through the opposed resilient pads and out of the container so that a fisherman in withdrawing a length of leader/line will pull the leader/line through the resilient pads to erase coil memory during the dispensing operation.

Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus for cutting foodstuffs, comprising a substantially flat body having a fixed cutting blade lying generally in the plane of the body and two separate substantially flat plates each with blades projecting from the plate, one plate being removably mountable with the flat body and the second plate being combinable with the first plate, whereby when the two plates are combined their blades alternate in a direction transversely of the plates as considered in a cutting direction of the apparatus.

Abstract: A hand instrument, such as a screwdriver, has a connector between the handle and the shank adapted to reduce costs and simplify production procedures as well as provide added strength and aleviate breakage problems. The handle is specially shaped to enhance manipulation and eliminate injury during use.

Abstract: A claw hammer is provided with a wedge-shaped portion on the contact surface between the anvil portion and the clawed portion in order to enable the user thereof to remove nails from a surface with a minimum of effort and a reduced swing of the handle.

Abstract: In abstract a preferred embodiment of this invention is a tobacco harvester having staggered cropper seats with only one seat on each side being outboard of the confines of the device. An inclined central conveyor, in combination with a lateral conveyor for each of the outboard cropper seats, conveys and lifts the tobacco from its priming location for deposit in a bulk curing box carried on a separate detachable trailer. An extension tongue for the trailer and/or an extension conveyor can be provided to allow two or more bulk boxes to be filled on the same trailer prior to replacement of the same.