ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,139, issued on June 17, was assigned to GEECRACK USA INC..
"Fishhook holder" was invented by Kunimitsu Aoki (Gifu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishhook holder 10 is configured to hold a fishhook against a soft lure and is made of a resin material, and includes a base 20 configured to contact an outer surface of the soft lure and a tapered shaft 30 protruding from the base 20 and configured to extend through the soft lure. The shaft 30 includes a basal end 30a coupled to the base 20, a distal end 30b opposite the basal end 30a in an axial direction of the shaft 30, an insertion hole 31 located between the basal end 30a and ...