Chun Y Lin

US Patent:

56899114, Nov 25, 1997

Filed:

Feb 16, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/601351

Inventors:

Chun Shiong Lin - Overland Park KS
Jefferson Lin - Overland Park KS
Philip Lin - Overland Park KS
Thomas Lin - Overland Park KS
Ziu Eng Xu - Overland Park KS

International Classification:

A01K 9104
A01K 8300

US Classification:

43 4316

Abstract:

A fishing hook including a shank portion having a hook at one end and a slotted portion formed at an end of the shank portion opposite the hook. The slotted portion has an area in surface-to-surface contact with a surface of the shank portion. The area in surface-to-surface contact with the surface of the shank portion is distal the end which is joined with the shank portion. The slotted portion includes a first end contiguously joined to the shank portion, a central portion extending from the first end and tapering inwardly toward the shank portion, and a second end extending outwardly from the shank portion at the area in surface-to-surface contact with the shank portion. The first end, the central portion, and the second end are contiguous. The first end, the central portion, and the second end are in planar relationship with the shank portion.

US Patent:

57876355, Aug 4, 1998

Filed:

Feb 16, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/601331

Inventors:

Chun Shiong Lin - Overland Park KS
Jefferson Lin - Overland Park KS
Philip Lin - Overland Park KS
Thomas Lin - Overland Park KS
Ziu Eng Xu - Overland Park KS

International Classification:

A01K 9706

US Classification:

43 571

Abstract:

An apparatus for securing a fishing hook for the purpose of allowing the threading of a fishing line into an eyelet of a fishing hook including a container body having an interior volume suitable for receiving fishing hooks therein, a lid detachably connected to the container body for sealing an interior of the container body, and a fishing hook securing member attached to the lid for detachably receiving a hook portion of a fishing hook therein such that the eyelet portion of the fishing hook extends outwardly of the container body. A magnet is affixed within an interior of the lid. The fishing hook securing member includes a bolt member extending outwardly of the lid and a nut member threadedly connected to the bolt member. The fishing hook is secured between the nut member and a surface of the lid. The nut member includes a wingnut detachably secured to the bolt member and having arms extending radially outwardly of a central portion.

US Patent:

20190000051, Jan 3, 2019

Filed:

Jun 28, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/635902

Inventors:

Thomas LIN - Independence MO, US
Chun Shiong LIN - Independence MO, US
Jefferson LIN - Independence MO, US
Philip LIN - Independence MO, US
Ziu Eng XU - Independence MO, US

International Classification:

A01K 83/00

Abstract:

A fishing hook has a shank portion with a hook at one end, and a hairpin loop portion formed on an opposite end of the shank portion. The hairpin loop portion extending downwardly from the opposite end of the shank portion. The hairpin loop portion has a width or diameter that is less than a width or diameter of the shank portion. The hairpin loop portion has an end extending at an angle away from the shank. The hairpin loop portion has a longitudinal axis coplanar with a longitudinal axis of the shank portion. The shank portion and the hairpin loop portion define a line-receiving slot.