Rotatable Hook Keeper for Safe Hook Storage and Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Fishing hooks pose a risk of engaging with nearby objects during storage or transport, causing damage or injury due to exposed points and barbs, and existing solutions fail to adequately secure them.
Innovation Solution
A hook keeper with a rotating hooking pad and binding mechanism that secures the fishing hook to a line guide, allowing it to rotate into a position that isolates the hook from interaction with other objects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the fishing hook is left exposed for easy access during fishing, then the ease of operation is improved, but the hook may engage with nearby objects during storage or transport causing damage or injury
Solution Approach 1:
The device is segmented into a hook keeper portion and a hook engagement portion, allowing the hook to be isolated in a dedicated securement area away from other components during storage, while remaining accessible during fishing operations
Solution Approach 2:
The hook engagement portion is configured to rotate between a first position for securing the hook and a second position for releasing it, enabling dynamic transition between safe storage state and operational state
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the fishing hook is secured to prevent engagement with objects, then the safety and damage prevention are improved, but the time required to secure and release the hook increases
Solution Approach 1:
The hook keeper is pre-positioned on the fishing device with the engagement portion ready to receive the hook, eliminating the need to search for or construct a securement mechanism during storage operations
Solution Approach 2:
The rotatable engagement portion allows rapid transition between secured and released states through simple rotational motion, minimizing the time required to change the hook's security status
3Reliability
If a hook keeping device is added to the fishing device, then the hook security is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The hook keeper integrates both the hook retention function and the hook securement function into a single unified component structure, avoiding the need for separate mechanisms and reducing overall device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The hook engagement portion serves multiple functions: it secures the hook during storage, provides a defined securement location, and enables rapid release through rotation, consolidating multiple security functions into one component
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention pertains to a hook keeper for quickly securing a hook attached to a fishing line of a fishing device for protecting the hook itself and nearby objects during storage or transport. The hook keeper includes a rotating hooking pad, a retaining cap, an anchor sleeve with an internal compression plug, and a binding wrap for fastening the hook keeper to a line guide of a fishing device. The binding wrap passes through one or more slits in the retaining cap on opposite sides of the anchor sleeve forming a fastening loop to couple to the line guide. When tightened, the binding wrap secures the hook keeper to the line guide while allowing the hooking pad to rotate clear of a hole in the line guide.