Hollow lure with a weight housing space and a spring
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsTakuro Yamane, Tatsurou Kawasaki
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Abstract
A lure includes a body, a weight, a guide member and an elastic member. The body is hollow and has a head in a front portion and a tail in a rear portion thereof. The weight is inside of the body so as to be movable in a front-rear direction. The guide member is in the body and configured to guide movement of the weight in the front-rear direction. The elastic member is in the body and is configured to generate an energizing force to move the weight in a forward direction. The weight is movable backward against the energizing force of the elastic member and one of the weight and the elastic member is inserted into an inside of the other.
Claims7
A lure comprising:
- a body that is hollow and having a head in a front portion and a tail in a rear portion thereof;
- a weight inside of the body so as to be movable in a front-rear direction, the weight having a housing space defined within an interior of the weight;
- a guide member in the body and configured to guide movement of the weight in the front-rear direction;
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- an elastic member in the body and configured to generate an energizing force to move the weight in a forward direction, the elastic member configured to enter the housing space and in a first uncompressed or partially compressed state having a first length that is longer than a length of the housing space, and in a second partially or fully compressed state, the elastic member has a second length that is substantially the same as the length of the housing space, and
- the weight configured to be movable backward against the energizing force of the elastic member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.