US PATENT SUBCLASS 43 / 42.4
.~.~ With guards

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43 /   HD   FISHING, TRAPPING, AND VERMIN DESTROYING

4  DF  FISHING {25}
42  DF  .~ Artificial bait {23}
42.4.~.~ With guards {3}
42.41  DF  .~.~.~> Hook housed or guarded by body
42.42  DF  .~.~.~> Guards downwardly projecting
42.43  DF  .~.~.~> Hook closing

DEFINITION

Classification: 43/42.4

(under subclass 42) Lures with means or arrangements for guarding the body or the hook or both, against the catching or snagging of weeds, marine plant growth, submerged logs, or for nonuse, constituted either by multiple hooks arranged to guard each other or by the relation of the lure body to the hook or by wire or other projecting or opposed elements protecting the lure body, hook or hook points.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

25.2, for rod attached hook holders which guard the point of the hook while not in use.

42.04, for lures with hooks shiftable on strike from a guarded position to a position better adapted to hold the

hooked fish.

42.1, for flexible body hook housing and guarding means.

42.28+, for lures with flexible trailing means which precede or surround the hook and act as a guard. 43.2, for guards for hooks and guards for bait holders for natural bait.