Hard body weedless fishing lure

US6651375B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventor

• Michael Parrish · Westerville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 2001
• Grant date: Nov 25, 2003
• Expiry date: Sep 17, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01K85/02
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A weedless fishing lure of hard bodied design of multiple embodiments, which is adapted to be connected to a fishing line, the one single hook of which is connected to the lure body by a through shaft and rotates about the shaft, said body containing a cavity large enough to completely house the hooking point of the hook while it is being fished, and having a mechanism to keep the hook hidden until deployment is desired, said hook being deployable to the hooking position by back pressure against the attached fishing line and said hook remaining deployed by back pressure against the attached line.