US PATENT SUBCLASS 43 / 43.4
.~.~.~.~ Shiftable, collapsible, or line-operated

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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  DF  .~.~ Hooks {5}
43.2  DF  .~.~.~ Guards, e.g., weedless hooks {2}
43.4.~.~.~.~ Shiftable, collapsible, or line-operated

DEFINITION

Classification: 43/43.4

(under subclass 43.2) Fishing hooks with weed guarding means

(1) constituted by an elastic, collapsible element extending from the shank of the hook to cover the hook point, (2) having a shiftable connection between the guard and the hook allowing them to slide bodily relative to each other on a strike of a fish, or (3) having means whereby the pull on the line operates to shift the guard.