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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Geoffrey S Ratte, Metairie, LA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
43 4491 ; 43 4489 ; 43 4239 ;
Abstract
A fishing line clamp with a tension adjusted hinge having line centering surfaces including a streamline clamp for attachment to a fishing line in front of a worm weight to prevent the worm weight from sliding along the fishing line with the clamp and worm weight coacting to present a streamline shape to inhibit action that might twist the line as the line and sinker are pulled through the water.