US 12,433,276 B2
Fishing device with hook keeping features
Mark Glade, Newton, KS (US); Cassie Glade, Newton, KS (US); and Stephen Owens, Hesston, KS (US)
Assigned to Finman Holdings, LLC, Hesston, KS (US)
Filed by Mark Glade, Newton, KS (US); Cassie Glade, Newton, KS (US); and Stephen Owens, Hesston, KS (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/737,270.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/507,081, filed on Jun. 8, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0176515 A1, Jun. 5, 2025
Int. Cl. A01K 87/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 87/008 (2022.02) [A01K 87/009 (2022.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hook keeper for fishing comprising:
a main body having a nose end and a tail end spaced from each other by a middle section, said main body further comprising a base extending axially in an end-to-end direction between said nose end and said tail end and having one or more connector formations, which are engagable with a fishing rod to removably store said hook keeper on the fishing rod for temporary storage of fishing tackle, wherein said hook keeper is configured for mounting to said fishing rod with said nose end oriented toward a rod tip and said tail end oriented toward a rod handle;
said main body having a hollow keeper interior which opens sidewardly in a side-to-side direction through said hook keeper;
said nose end comprising an upright nose end wall projecting upwardly from said base and forming a front line guard having an outer guard face and an interior guard face, said interior guard face defining a first end of said hollow keeper interior, wherein a fishing hook may be hooked sidewardly over said interior guard face and held axially against said interior guard face when under tension from a fishing line for storage of said fishing hook on said front line guard; and
said tail end comprising an upright tail end wall projecting upwardly from said base and having an interior end wall face defining a second end of said hollow keeper interior and having an outer end wall face that faces away from said nose end, said end wall at said tail end having an attachment aperture provided as a storage location for said hook, wherein said attachment aperture opens axially in the end-to-end direction so that it opens axially through said outer and interior end wall faces into said hollow interior to allow insertion of a hook axially through said end wall.