US2065234A - Fly box - Google Patents

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FLY BOX Filed April 17, 1935 ,Zhveiziorx Slu Q l0/ 3 y 1334 4.1M M1 Patented Dec. 22, 1936 U j TED STATES PATENT OFFICE '7 Claims.

This invention relates to containers for fishhooks and more particularly for fly hooks.

In order to avoid injury to the delicate portions of the flies of fly hooks it is necessary to support the hooks in a container in such a manner that the flies do not engage the walls of the container or each other and thus avoid crushing and distorting the delicate portions of the flies. It is also desirable to support the hooks so that there is no tendency to distort or break the hooks.

Containers for fly hooks have been provided with means for retaining and supporting the hooks so as to avoid injury to the delicate portions of the flies while not avoiding tendencies for distorting or breaking the hooks. In other containers, means have been provided for retaining the hooks so as to avoid any tendency for distorting or breaking the hooks but which did not support the hooks so as to avoid crushing or distorting the delicate portions of the flies. However, no containers have been suggested, heretofore, having means for retaining the hooks so as substantially to avoid any tendency for distorting or breaking the hooks and also for supporting the hooks so as to avoid crushing or distorting the delicate portions of the flies.

The present invention contemplates a container so constructed as to overcome the above difiiculties. Thus, a container is provided having cooperating hook retaining members permitting the hooks to be readily and conveniently inserted and removed and when inserted to be retained and supported without danger of distorting or otherwise injuring either the hooks or the flies. In its more specific aspect the invention contemplates a container having one or more rigid rods of small diameter held in fixed position in engagement with the surface of a soft rubber pad. The resiliency or elasticity of the rubber pad permits a hook to be inserted between the pad and rod and be held against the rod in the position in which it has been placed with the delicate portions of the fly out of contact with the walls of the container or other hooks. The anti-slip characteristics of the rubber pad resist displacement of the hook.

The invention will be more clearly understood from the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawing: in which,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a fishermans fly box embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevational view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of a portion of the container.

Before explaining in detail the present invention it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of con- 5 struction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawing, since the invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or carried out in various ways. Also it is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not or" limitation, and it is not intended to limit the invention claimed herein beyond the requirements of the prior art.

One form of container embodying the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing and comprises a pan-like receptacle i0 preferably of sheet metal, such as aluminum, having a bottom ll, side walls 12 and I3 and end walls [4 and i5. Rods IE, l1, l8, I9, and 21 extend between and 20 are suitably secured in the opposite side walls l2 and I3 of the receptacle l0. These rods preferably are rigid and of small diameter and may, for example, be small metallic rods. Preferably, they are disposed parallel to the bottom H and are spaced from the latter. The rods I6, H and 18 are spaced a greater distance from the bottom ll than are the rods I9, 20 and 2!. Rubber pads 22 and 23 are supported upon the bottom H with the upper surface of the pad 22 in engagement with the rods l6, l7 and H3 and the upper surface of the pad 23 in engagement with the rods I9, 20 and 2|. The rubber pads 22 and 23 are preferably made of soft rubber, such as sponge rubber.

If desired, the receptacle ll] may be enclosed in a suitable box 25, such as leather, provided with a cover portion 26 hinged thereto and adapted to close the top of the receptacle.

The resiliency and elasticity of the rubber pads 22 and 23 permit a hook H carrying a fly F to be inserted conveniently between the pads and the rods or to be removed from the same. The radius of the rods is less than the radius of curvature of the hook, that is to say, the diameter of the rods is sufficiently small to permit a hook to be passed under and around the same while leaving its point and shank free. The pad normally engages the rods substantially throughout the length of the latter with a light resilient pressure insufficient to prevent the insertion of a hook between them but sufficient to exert a retaining pressure upon a hook so inserted. When a hook H has been inserted, for example, between the pad 23 and the rod l9 as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, the rubber pad presses the hook against the rod with a. slight pressure and tends to wrap itself around the lower portion of the hook. The anti-slip characteristics of the pad tend to resist any tendency for the hook to become displaced from its position as illustrated and the hook is maintained in an upright position with the fly out of engagement with the walls of the container avoiding any tendency for the delicate portions of the fly to become crushed or distorted. The pressure exerted by the rubber pad upon the hook is not sufiicient to cause the hook to become distorted and yet is suificient to hold it in an upright position. In the container illustrated in the accompanying drawing the rods i9, 26 and 2! are positioned closer to the bottom H than are the rods 16, I! and [8 thereby per mitting larger hooks to be retained and supported between the rods I9, 20 and 2| and the pad 23. Thus, the smaller hooks which are retained and supported between the rods Iii, l1 and i8 and the pad 22 are more conveniently and readily accessible. It will be understood that when the hooks are positioned in the container they are held in place in an upright position so that the flies are held out of contact with each other and the side and end walls and bottom of the container is sufficiently deep so that the hooks are not engaged by the cover portion 26.

What I claim is: 1. In a hook container, cooperatingflat androdlike hook retaining members normally positioned in engagement, one of said members being rigid and located in fixed position and the other being resilient to permit a hook to be inserted and held therebetween, the surface of said rod-like member having a curvature sharper than the curvature of the hook to be held between said members.

2. In a hook container, cooperating hook retaim'ng members comprising a rigid rod-like member located in fixed position, and a soft resilien member having a surface normally engaging said rigid member and permitting a hook to be inserted and held between the same and said rigid member, the surface of said rod-like member having a curvature sharper than the curvature of the hook to be held between said members.

3. In a hook container, cooperating hook retaining members comprising a rigid rod-like member located in fixed position, and a pad of soft rubber having a surface normally engaging said rigid member and permitting a hook to be inserted and held between the same and said rigid member, the surface of said rod-like member having a curvature sharper than the curvature of the hook to be held between said members.

4. In a hook container, a pan-like receptacle having a bottom and side walls, a soft rubber pad supported upon said bottom, and a rigid rod of small diameter extending between and secured to opposite side walls of said receptacle and engag ing the surface of said pad.

5. In a hook container, a pan-like receptacle having a bottom and side walls, a plurality of spaced rigid rods of small diameter extending between and secured to opposite side walls of said. receptacle, one of said rods being spaced a greater distance from the bottom of said receptacle than another rod, and a soft rubber pad engaging each of said rods and supported between the same and said bottom.

6. In a hook container, hook retaining means comprising a rod-like member of a diameter sufficiently small to permit a hook to be passed under and around the same, and a cooperating retaining member, one of said members being resiliently pressed toward the other, whereby a hook inserted between said members may be resiliently retained in an upright position with its point and shank free.

7. In a hook container, hook retaining means comprising a rod-like member of a diameter sufficiently small to permit a' hook to be passed under and around the same, and a soft, resilient, pad-like member normally engaging said rod-like member, whereby a hook inserted between said members may be resiliently retained in an upright position with its point and shank free.

EDWARD L. MARTINEZ.

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