Composite fish hook having improved strength and penetration capability

• US 7,159,357 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2005
• Issued: 01/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gary L. Sitton
• Original Assignee: Gary L. Sitton
• Inventors: Sitton, Gary L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Palo; Francis T.
• Application Number:
  US11/168,045
• Publication Number:
  US 20050235551A1
• Time in Patent Office: 560 Days
• Field of Search: 43/423.3, 43/431.6
• US Class Current: 43/43.16
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 83/00 Fish-hooks

Abstract

A fish hook formed of plastic having metal or other material embedded into, or applied to, or formed on the point thereof to increase the ability of the hook to penetrate the mouth of a fish. The metal or other material either forms the point of the hook or is a friction-modifying agent which decreases the resistance to penetration of the hook.

Claims

1. A fish hook having improved penetration capability comprising an integral eye, shank, bight, and point formed of plastic, said point having two or more faces tapering downwardly and away from said point with shoulders therebetween, and a strip member embedded in the plastic forming said hook along one or more of the shoulders, said strip member extending through the plastic along a portion of the shoulder and being comprised of a material having a hardness greater than that of the plastic comprising said hook.

2. The fish hook of claim 1 wherein said strip member is comprised of metal.

3. The fish hook of claim 1 comprising at least two of said strip members.

4. The fish hook of claim 3 additionally comprising a metal wire running longitudinally through at least a portion of the plastic comprising said hook, the end of said metal wire being formed integrally with the point at which said strip members meet to form the point of said hook.

5. The fish hook of claim 4 additionally comprising means extending at an angle from the axis of said metal wire for anchoring said wire, having said strip members joined thereto, into the plastic comprising said hook.