Fishing hook enclosure apparatus
A fishing hook enclosure apparatus includes a first container portion which includes exterior rod ring/reel attachment means and a first line access notch. A second container portion is attached to the first container portion by first-to-second attachment means which may include a hinge. The exterior rod ring/reel attachment means and the first line access notch are located at opposite ends of the first container portion. Preferably, the exterior rod ring/reel attachment means are in the form of a first attachment portion and a second attachment portion which define a push-through clip. Once a fishing lure and fishing hooks are contained inside the closed container formed by the first container portion and the second container portion in a closed condition, the fishing lure and the fishing hooks are prevented from snagging or hooking into any person or object in the environment surrounding the closed container.
1. A fishing hook enclosure apparatus for a fishing rod which has a plurality of rod rings and a reel, comprising:
a first container portion which includes exterior rod ring/reel attachment means and a first line access notch, and
a second container portion attached to said first container portion by first-to-second attachment means,
wherein said exterior rod ring/reel attachment means include a first attachment portion connected to said first-to-second attachment means, near a first end thereof, and
a second attachment portion connected to said first-to-second attachment means, near a second end thereof,
wherein a distal end of said first attachment portion and a distal end of said second attachment portion are juxtaposed with respect to each other, and
wherein said distal end of said first attachment portion and said distal end of said second attachment portion are laterally flexible with respect to each other,
wherein said first attachment portion and said second attachment portion define a push-through clip which generally is triangular shaped with an opening defined by a slight spacing between the distal end of each said attachment portion being located in one leg of the triangle,
wherein said exterior rod ring/reel attachment means and said first line access notch are located along a longitudinal axis,
wherein said first-to-second attachment means includes a hinge having a hinge axis arranged substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis,
wherein said first container portion is in the form of a box-like container portion,
said second container portion is in the form of a box-like lid,
said first container portion and said second container portion being adapted to be closed relative to each other about said hinge axis,
wherein said box-like container portion includes a first outer peripheral lip, and said box-like lid includes a second outer peripheral lip, respectively,
wherein said first container portion includes a first container-to-container locking portion,
said second container portion includes a second container-to-container locking portion,
such that said first container portion is adapted to be locked with respect to said second container portion when said first container-to-container locking portion is in engagement with said second container-to-container locking portion when said first container portion is closed relative to said second container portion,
wherein said first container-to-container locking portion is in the form of a peripheral locking tongue, and
said second container-to-container locking portion is in the form of a peripheral locking groove,
such that said first container portion is adapted to be locked with respect to said second container portion when said peripheral locking tongue is in tight friction-fit engagement with said peripheral locking groove,
wherein said first line access notch is in the form of a V-shaped first indentation in said peripheral locking tongue, and said second line access notch is in the form of a rectangular-shaped second indentation in said peripheral locking groove,
wherein said first container portion is in the form of a first shell-like container portion,
second container portion is in the form of a second shell-like container portion,
wherein said first shell-like container portion includes a first outer peripheral lip,
said second shell-like container portion includes a second outer peripheral lip,
said first outer peripheral lip is in registration with said second outer peripheral lip when said first shell-like container portion is closed with respect to said second shell-like container portion, and
wherein said distal end of said first attachment portion and said distal end of said second attachment portion are attached to said first outer peripheral lip and said second outer peripheral lip, respectively, to define said push-through clip which generally is triangular shaped.