US 11,856,933 B2
Multi-function fishing tool
Gage Cutler, East Lansing, MI (US); and James Sottovia, Jackson, MI (US)
Assigned to FINMAN HOLDINGS, LLC, Hesston, KS (US)
Filed by FINMAN HOLDINGS, LLC, Hesston, KS (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/156,691.
Application 18/156,691 is a continuation of application No. 16/915,202, filed on Jun. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,596,134.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/867,961, filed on Jun. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0148580 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 91/047 (2006.01); A01K 97/00 (2006.01); B25F 1/00 (2006.01); B26B 17/00 (2006.01); A01K 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 9/00 (2013.01) [B25F 1/00 (2013.01); B26B 17/00 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fishing tool comprising:
a main body having a cutting blade and a nipping blade;
said main body further comprising:
a tail section:
a head section flexibly joined to said tail section;
a first jaw defined on said main body;
a second jaw defined on said head section in opposing relation with said first jaw wherein a throat is defined between said first jaw and said second jaw, said throat having an open mouth accessible from an exterior of said main body to permit insertion of a nippable object into said throat, said nipping blade being disposed in said open throat for nipping of said nippable object wherein at least one of said first and second jaws is movable toward the other of said first and second jaws for pressing said nippable object in said throat against said nipping blade to perform said nipping; and
a body cavity being provided in said main body which is open to an exterior of said main body for insertion of cuttable objects into said body cavity, said body cavity having said cutting blade located therein for cutting of said cuttable object by displacement of said cuttable object against said cutting blade.