US PATENT SUBCLASS 43 / 44.2
.~.~.~ Bait holders and retainers

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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}
44.2.~.~.~ Bait holders and retainers {3}
44.4  DF  .~.~.~.~> Bait encircling
44.6  DF  .~.~.~.~> Opposed gripping jaws
44.8  DF  .~.~.~.~> Mounted on, integral with, or rigidly connected to hook

DEFINITION

Classification: 43/44.2

(under subclass 43.16) Modifications of and attachments to hook structure designed to hold bait in place. If the bait is live, the device is designed to maintain it in a natural position in that state.

(1) Note. The baits are either the natural food of fish or are actual foods which are intended to be eaten by the fish and do not include natural materials which, while possessing flavor and the possibility of food use, are intended to remain on the line indefinitely, as pork rinds.

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41, for foods baits which are substantially entirely enclosed in a retaining device.

42.24+, for flexible artificial baits or appendages to artificial baits which, in many cases, are pork rinds or other artificial foods of fishes. See (1) Note.