# US 11,026,411 B2 · Shape shifting fishing lure

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- Number: US 11,026,411 B2
- Document ID: US11026411B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/155,432
- Filed: 2018-10-09
- Published: 2019-04-25
- Granted: 2021-06-08
- Earliest claimed: 2017-10-19
- Applicants: Scott Feddes
- Inventors: Scott Feddes
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11026411B2

## CPC

- A01K 85/10: with at least one flat rotating body having its axis of rotation substantially non-coincident with the longitudinal axis of the body {, e.g. spinners}
- A01K 85/00: Artificial bait for fishing
- A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

## Abstract

A thin material that is in a single planar which has a front and back and is circular in shape. There is a radius in the periphery that travels from the periphery inward, creating a cut that is interior to the peripheral edge and follows the circumference of the circular shape. Where this cut ends there is an opening or change in its direction. A fishing line passes through a hole in the material that is interior to the cut. When the device is in use being pulled through the water, the material between the interior cut and the device's peripheral edge deflects back causing the device to rotate which creates the needed action and flash to attract the fish. This planar deflection is not permanent and the material will return to its single planar when at rest.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device having a planar shape and being capable of planar deflection when pulled through water, the device comprising:
a planar member having a circular shape, front and back sides, a center, and a peripheral edge;
a spiral shaped cut that begins at the peripheral edge and follows a circumference of the circular shape a set distance from the peripheral edge and which extends inwardly along a length thereof toward the center of the planar member and terminating at a first hole located interiorly of the planar member with respect to the peripheral edge, wherein the cut forms;
an elongation of the planar shape occurs while being pulled through the water in use; and
a second hole offset and spaced from the first hole which is large enough to allow a fishing line or wire to pass therethrough, the second hole being larger in size than the first hole, and the first and second holes being offset from the center of the planar member allowing the device to rotate.