Abstract: A fish hook shroud device having a generally tubular shaped body with a generally longitudinal dimension and axis and having an axial bore defined by a substantially circular cross-section wall, the bore being adapted to slidably receive a fishing rod and its eyelet structures and its line with a hook or lure thereon, an aperture formed thru the wall of the body and adapted to allow one of the eyelet structures to project therethrough, and a wedge-shaped locking tongue on the body and adapted for insertion and wedging between spaced portions of the eyelet structure to prevent longitudinally directed motion of the shroud device along the fishing rod.

Abstract: A latching device to be employed on farm tractor hitches or on large swinging gates or the like, wherein camming structure is provided for actuating a latch bolt, and wherein the camming structure is in the form of a downward, angled slot in a cylinder wall, and a camming arm extending out through the slot, whereby initial rotation of the arm will allow the bolt to move downwardly in the cylinder to a latching position extending through aligned apertures in the structures being latched together.