The invention refers to a device for removing fish hooks from an artificial bait.
With the angler using artificial baits it happens from time to time that the fish hook will embed itself under water in some obstacle and cannot be released by moving the fishing rod. If one tries to pull strongly on the line to free the hook often the fishing line breaks off, whereby the artificial bait is lost. Since artificial baits are clearly more expensive than fish hooks, a loss of the hook could be accepted, if the artificial bait could be saved.
From DE 41 14 851 C2 a release device is known in which the fish hook is fastened to a short release line, whose free end is held with the pressure a spring between two pressing plates. If the hook gets caught in an obstacle, pressure of the spring is released by pulling on the fishing line and the release line with the fishing hook is thereby released. Thereby, the artificial bait and the release device can be retrieved and used again. With this kind of release device the problem is that one must adapt the traction power to the strength of the fishing line. In addition, a weak spot in the line is produced, which should be avoided in fishing, to prevent the hook tearing off during fighting the fish.
From DE 91 03 953 U1 an artificial bait is known, comprising a bore in which a breaking line is guided. If the hook snags in an underwater obstacle, breaking of the breaking line is caused by pulling on the fishing line and the artificial bait can be retrieved. The problem is that the strength of the breaking line must be adapted to the strength of the fishing line. In addition, there is a danger that the breaking line will tear off during fighting the fish.
From U.S. Pat. No. 6,189,256 B1 an electronically controllable lure is known on which several fish hooks can be fastened. If one of the hooks snags on an obstacle, an electronic signal from the angler throws the hook off and releases the lure again. Such a device is more complex and thus more error-prone than a purely mechanical release device. In addition the costs for such a device are higher, which is problematic, if the not the fish hook but the lure snags on an obstacle and is lost.
It is therefore an object of the invention to create a device that allows releasing a fish hook that snags on an obstacle from an artificial bait without the need for external utilities and without the danger of breaking the fishing line, and which is further independent of the fishing line to be used, and does not represent a weak point in the line and is inexpensive to produce.
This object is solved by a device for detaching a fish hook from an artificial bait according to the present invention
A detaching device in accordance with the present invention comprises two arms, which are movably connected to each other. One of the two arms can be connected at a first end with the artificial bait or directly with the fishing line. One of the two arms comprises at a second end means which are suitable for receiving a fish hook. In a first relative arrangement of the two arms, the fish hook is held non-releasably by both arms in the means for receiving a fish hook, while it is released in a second relative arrangement of the two arms and can detach from the means for receiving the hook. A bolting element in a first position holds both arms in the first relative arrangement and in a second position permits movement of the arms with respect to each other.
In the normal use the detaching device is attached to the artificial bait instead of the fish hook, the hook in turn is attached to the detaching device. Thus the first ends of both arms lie above their second ends. The two arms are in the first relative arrangement in order to securely hold the hook, and the bolting element is in the first position, in order to guarantee that both arms remain in the first relative arrangement. The detaching device can be manufactured so that it is more stable than the fishing line and thus does not represent the weakest link of the force chain.
When the hook snags on an obstacle under water, the angler first tries to free the hook by pulling on or moving the fishing rod. If he has no success, he releases the tension on the fishing line, whereby the detaching device and the artificial bait sink on the ground and thus generally lie deeper than the fish hook. Thereby the first ends of both arms move below their second ends and the bolting element moves due to the force of gravity from the first into the second position. At first the two arms are still in the first relative arrangement, but by a short jerk on the fishing line they move from first into the second relative arrangement and thus release the fish hook. By jerking the fishing line the ends of both arms lift over their second ends but, since the jerk is only short, the bolting element has no time to move again into the first position.
In a preferred embodiment, the first arm is an essentially flat element. In a further preferred embodiment, the first arm is a wire bracket. In a further preferred embodiment, the second arm is an essentially flat element. In a further preferred embodiment, the second arm is a wire bracket.
In a further preferred embodiment, one of the essentially flat elements comprises a hole to which the artificial bait or fishing line can be fastened. In a further preferred embodiment, one of the wire brackets comprises an eye to which the artificial bait or the fishing line can be fastened.
In a further preferred embodiment, one of the essentially flat elements comprises at its second end a slot or a differently formed recess, which serves as means for receiving the fish hook. In a further preferred embodiment, one of the wire brackets comprises at its second end a curved section, which serves as means for receiving the fish hook.
The attachment of the two arms together can occur in different places on the two arms. In a preferred embodiment, this attachment takes place between the hole or the eye with which the detaching device can be connected to the artificial bait or the fishing line and the means for receiving the fish hook. In a further preferred embodiment, this attachment takes place under (i.e. toward the second end of the arm) or beside the means for receiving the fish hook.
In a further preferred embodiment, the first and the second arms are two sections of a one-piece wire bracket. These can either be connected to each other at the first end of the two arms, wherein the connection section can then be provided as an eye for the attachment of the artificial bait or the fishing line, or they can be connected to each other at the second end of the two arms, wherein one of the two arms then comprises an eye at its first end for the attachment of the artificial bait or the fishing line.
In a further preferred embodiment, the bolting element is an essentially flat element, which comprises a hole, which is formed so that the bolting element surrounds the two arms when they are in the first relative arrangement and can move along both arms between a first position, in which it surround both arms, and a second position, in which it surrounds only one of the two arms.
In a further preferred embodiment, the bolting device element is an essentially oblong element, which can move along a slot in one of the two arms between a first position, in which it prevents a movement of the two arms with respect to each other, if these are in the first relative arrangement, and a second position, in which it allows a movement of the two arms with respect to each other. In order to guide the bolting element securely along the slot, it can comprise a swelling on both ends.
In a further preferred embodiment, some or all parts of the detaching device are designed in their color, surface finish, etc. such that the detaching device can serve as an artificial bait, whereby the additional acquisition of artificial baits becomes unnecessary.
On the basis of the figures the invention is described below in detail. It is shown in:
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103 27 002.7.23 | Jun 2003 | DE | national |
This is a continuation of International Application PCT/DE2004/001192, with an international filing date of Jun. 9, 2004, still pending.
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Parent | PCT/DE04/01192 | Jun 2004 | US |
Child | 11299807 | Dec 2005 | US |