Fishing lure
US3987576A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | May 29, 1975 |
| Grant date | Oct 26, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01K85/10
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fishing lure has an elongated flexible wire shaft having disposed at one end a line connecting eye and a hook at the opposite end. Disposed along the shaft is a lead weight which is conically shaped and which is contained within conical shaped plastic housing which forms a sound chamber, the shaft has a clevis with a spinner attached thereto behind the lead weight, and a plurality of ball shaped bearings on the shaft between the clevis and the covered lead weight. Disposed about the hook is a weed guard which is connected to the hook end and a rubber skirt which disguises the hook. The spinner, attached to the clevis, creates an uneven force around the flexible shaft when the lure is moved through the water which is transmitted along the shaft to the lead weight and the plastic cover causing the lead weight to strike the interior of the cover for generating a sound. The weed guard, skirt and hook revolve slowly from the torque action created by the spinner such that any striking of the skirt by the fish will cause the weed guard to be tripped up away from the point of the hook allowing the fish to become hooked.
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