Flashing fish lure
OwnerBarry Beaubieninventor
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Abstract
A flashing fish lure includes a bore to receive a glow stick. At least one water wheel on or in the body rotates as the body is pulled through water. Each water wheel includes at least one aperture, such that as the water wheel rotates, light is intermittently communicated from the glow stick, through the aperture, and out or both of the opposing side surfaces to appear as a flashing light. The glow stick may use a chemiluminescent or phosphorescent material. An end of the glow stick may remain exposed following insertion, and a decorative skirt or other fish-attracting material may be attached to the exposed end of the glow stick. Two water wheels may be supported on respective opposing sides of the body, each with a plurality of water-catching vanes extending radially outwardly from a central axis about which each wheel rotates.
Claims21
A flashing fish lure, comprising:
- a body having front, rear, top and bottom portions and two opposing side surfaces;
- a bore formed in the body;
- a glow stick insertable into the bore;
- at least one water wheel on or in the body, the water wheel being rotatable about a side-to-side axis as the body is pulled through water, the side-to-side axis being transverse to a direction the body is pulled;
- each water wheel including at least one light-transmissive aperture extending therethrough and structurally aligned with the bore at a point in rotation about the side-to-side axis, such that as the at least one water wheel rotates about the side-to-side axis, light is intermittently communicated from the glow stick, through the at least one aperture, and out one or both of the two opposing side surfaces to appear as an intermittently radiated light.
A flashing fish lure, comprising:
- a body having front, rear, top and bottom portions and two opposing side surfaces;
- a bore formed in the body formed diagonally upwardly from a rear bottom portion toward a front top portion of the body;
- a chemiluminescent or phosphorescent glow stick insertable into the bore;
- a pair of water wheels supported respectively on the two opposing side surfaces of the body, each water wheel including a plurality of straight or curved vanes extending radially outwardly from a central axis about which each wheel rotates as the body is pulled through water;
- each water wheel further including at least one light-transmissive aperture, each aperture being structurally aligned with the bore at a point in rotation about the central axis, such that as the water wheel rotates about the central axis, light is intermittently communicated from the glow stick, through each aperture, and out of the two opposing side surfaces of the body to appear as intermittently radiated light;
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- wherein the body is shaped or the water wheels are angled to increase exposure of the water wheels to water flowing past the body as it moves through water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.