US PATENT SUBCLASS 43 / 43.16
.~.~ Hooks

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43 /   HD   FISHING, TRAPPING, AND VERMIN DESTROYING

4  DF  FISHING {25}
43.1  DF  .~ Line-attached bodies, hooks and rigs {12}
43.16.~.~ Hooks {5}
43.2  DF  .~.~.~> Guards, e.g., weedless hooks {2}
44.2  DF  .~.~.~> Bait holders and retainers {3}
44.81  DF  .~.~.~> Weighted
44.82  DF  .~.~.~> With plural piercing points
44.83  DF  .~.~.~> With leaders and/or line-connection feature {2}

DEFINITION

Classification: 43/43.16

(under subclass 43.1) Line fishing apparatus having devices usually in the form of a hook with a pointed bill arranged to be connected to the line or to a lure and adapted to be engaged in the mouth of a fish to permit the capture of the fish.

(1) Note. So-called "crab hooks" which usually have means for retaining a bait and which depend on the tenacity of the grip of the crab rather than being engaged in its mouth are excluded from this and the indented subclasses and will be found in subclass 43.1 above.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

5, for gaff hooks guided by the fishing line to "gaff" a fish caught on a line attached hook.

6, for harpoons and spears.

34+, for trap hooks and see the definition and notes to that subclass for the line. 42.7, for snagging or jigging hook devices.

43.1+, see (1) Note.

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294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements,

26, for fish gaff hooks.