US PATENT SUBCLASS 43 / 43.1
.~ Line-attached bodies, hooks and rigs

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43 /   HD   FISHING, TRAPPING, AND VERMIN DESTROYING

4  DF  FISHING {25}
43.1.~ Line-attached bodies, hooks and rigs {12}
43.11  DF  .~.~> Line storing
43.12  DF  .~.~> Releasable from line, e.g., casting weights
43.13  DF  .~.~> Line-guiding or twist-controlling, e.g., trolling vanes, otters
43.14  DF  .~.~> With adjustable weight or buoyancy
43.15  DF  .~.~> Plural diverse-type bodies
43.16  DF  .~.~> Hooks {5}
44.87  DF  .~.~> Selectively free sliding or fixed on line {1}
44.89  DF  .~.~> Bendable or deformable material for line connection, e.g., split shot
44.9  DF  .~.~> With line passing through center of body {1}
44.92  DF  .~.~> With relatively movable parts and/or resilient construction for attachment to line {3}
44.96  DF  .~.~> Sinkers with ground-engaging means, e.g., trolley or surf anchors
44.97  DF  .~.~> Sinkers with guards or retrieving features

DEFINITION

Classification: 43/43.1

(under subclass 4) Fishing apparatus including (1) devices attachable to and usable on fishing lines to perfect or promote control of the line or capture of the fish, and (2) line rigs or outfits utilizing such devices.

(1) Note. The term "attach" as used herein is intended to be generic to "affix" but the latter term is used with the connotation of securing or non-movably attaching.

(2) Note. Hooks, sinkers, floats, guiding vanes, stops and similar means which are employed on the line during the fishing operation are included in the term "devices".

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

15+, for fishing floats and other line attached bodies which include automatic hooking features.

42+, for artificial lures. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., appropriate subclasses particularly

115, for fasteners, per se, used for line end or leader end connections.

59, Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making,

95, for fishing swivels having simple loops or hooks for line connections; other swivels which include a specific fastener are found in Class 24, in the appropriate fastener subclasses.

73, Measuring and Testing,

305+, for float type gauges functioning solely to measure liquid level or depth.