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US 12,310,344 B2Granted
Fishing bait device
OwnerJohn F. Dethlefseninventor
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Abstract
A device for baiting a fishhook including a fishing lure case arranged to clamp onto a fishing line, and a pair of hooks extending from and integral with the fishing lure case, the pair of hooks arranged adjacent and parallel to one another, each of the hooks having a bend and barb where the bend and barb of each hook are in spaced apart registration with one another, the pair of hooks joined by a member having a trough therein arranged to hold the fishing line.
Claims18
A device for baiting a fishhook, comprising:
- a fishing lure case arranged to clamp onto a fishing line;
- a pair of hooks extending from and integral with said fishing lure case, said pair of hooks arranged adjacent and parallel to one another, each of said hooks having a bend and barb where the bend and barb of each said hook are in spaced apart registration with one another, said pair of hooks joined by a member having a trough therein arranged to hold said fishing line, and,
- an attachment body arranged to be clamped within said fishing lure case, said attachment body including a through-bore having a slit open to an external surface of said attachment body, wherein said attachment body is arranged to accept said fishing line within said through-bore.
A device for baiting a fishhook secured to a fishing line, comprising:
- a body comprising two hingedly connected shells, said body having:
- an upper end having an aperture disposed therein;
- a lower end having an aperture disposed therein;
- at least one hook member extending from said lower end;
- and,
- an internal cavity having at least one attachment protrusion;
- and,
- an attachment body including:
- a through-bore disposed therein, said through-bore arranged to hold said fishing line;
- at least one attachment groove circumscribing an outer surface of said attachment body;
- and,
- a slit disposed longitudinally along said attachment body, arranged to provide access to said through-bore for said fishing line, wherein said attachment body is arranged to be removably seated within said internal cavity.
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A device for baiting a fishhook comprising:
- a fishing lure case further including two grooved shells connected by a hinge, a first grooved shell of said two grooved shells having a securement tab, a second grooved shell of said two grooved shells having a locking tab within a tab aperture, said tab aperture arranged to accept said securement tab to form a cavity within said case, said cavity having at least one attachment protrusion, the case having a pair of hooks extending therefrom and the hooks having a trough aligned therebetween;
- and,
- an attachment body including a longitudinal through-bore arranged along a longitudinal central axis along said attachment body, said attachment body having at least one channel circumscribing an outer surface, said through-bore having a slit arranged on and open to said outer surface of said attachment body,
- wherein said attachment body is arranged to accept and hold a fishing line with said through-bore, said attachment body arranged to be seated within said cavity, wherein said at least one attachment protrusion is further arranged to be seated within said at least one channel, and wherein said fishing lure case snaps around said attachment body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.