Combined fish hook set and fish line snubber
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the leader end of a combined fish hook set and fish line snubber, showing my new design, showing the actuator _tube in a hook setting projected position relative to the barrel tube, the _ actuator tube being held in projected position by engagement between the tip _of the trigger release spring on the barrel tube and the walls of one of the _apertures in the actuator tube;
FIG. 2 is an elevational view of the leader end thereof;
FIG. 3 is an elevational view of the fish line end thereof;
FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a top plan view but with the actuator tube in a fish line snubbing position;
FIG. 6 is an elevational view of the side not shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view; and,
FIG. 8 is a median longitudinal sectional view, taken on the plane _indicated by the line 8--8 in FIG. 4, showing the actuator tube cocked and ready to set the hook on the distal end of a leader having a proximal end secured to and extending from the actuator tube split ring as shown in broken line.
The leader shown in broken lines in FIG. 8 is for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.
Type: Grant
Filed: May 10, 1982
Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
Inventor: Dale E. Hall (Sacramento, CA)
Primary Examiner: A. Hugo Word
Law Firm: Lothrop & West
Application Number: 6/376,990