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US 12,458,006 B2Granted
Fish lure component
AssigneeAi Tackle Inc.
InventorBruce Ryan Daniels
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Abstract
A fish lure component includes a hook portion having first and second hook members disposed in an opposing arrangement. A biasing member for normally biasing the hook portion in a closed configuration is disposed between the first and second hook members. A vane structure is provided to cause the fish lure component to rotate about an axis thereof during movement through a body of water and along a direction that is generally aligned with the axis. The hook portion is operable between the closed configuration and an open configuration in response to a fish strike on the hook portion.
Claims26
A fish lure component, comprising:
- a housing having external surfaces that define rotation inducing surfaces of a vane structure and that are configured to rotate the housing about an axis thereof during movement of the housing through a body of water in a direction that is generally aligned with the axis;
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- a hook portion pivotably coupled to the housing;
- wherein the housing communicates with the hook portion such that rotational motion of the housing is transferred to the hook portion and thereby causing the housing and the hook portion to rotate together during use;
- wherein the hook portion comprises first and second hook members disposed in an opposing arrangement, wherein each one of the first and second hook members includes a shank. a bend and a point, and wherein a bend direction of the first hook member is opposite a bend direction of the second hook member such that the point of each one of the first and second hook members is disposed in an overlapping and generally parallel arrangement with the shank of the other one of the first and second hook members when the hook portion is in a closed configuration;
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- further comprising a biasing member for normally biasing the hook portion in the closed configuration, wherein the hook portion is operable between the closed configuration and an open configuration in response to a fish strike on the hook portion;
- wherein the biasing member comprises at least one band of a resiliently deformable material disposed between the shank of the first hook member and the shank of the second hook member.
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A fish lure, comprising:
- a frame having a first arm portion and a second arm portion forming a generally V-shape, the first arm portion extending to a first end of the frame and the second arm portion extending to a second end of the frame;
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- a first assembly coupled to the first end of the frame;
- wherein the first assembly comprises the following elements:
- a housing having external surfaces that define rotation inducing surfaces of a vane structure and that are configured to rotate the housing about an axis thereof during movement of the housing through a body of water in a direction that is generally aligned with the axis;
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- a hook portion pivotably coupled to the housing;
- wherein the housing communicates with the hook portion such that rotational motion of the housing is transferred to the hook portion and thereby causing the housing and the hook portion to rotate together during use;
- wherein the hook portion comprises first and second hook members disposed in an opposing arrangement, wherein each one of the first and second hook members includes a shank. a bend and a point, and wherein a bend direction of the first hook member is opposite a bend direction of the second hook member such that the point of each one of the first and second hook members is disposed in an overlapping and generally parallel arrangement with the shank of the other one of the first and second hook members when the hook portion is in a closed configuration;
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- further comprising a biasing member for normally biasing the hook portion in the closed configuration, wherein the hook portion is operable between the closed configuration and an open configuration in response to a fish strike on the hook portion;
- wherein the biasing member comprises at least one band of a resiliently deformable material disposed between the shank of the first hook member and the shank of the second hook member.
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A fish lure component, comprising:
- a hook portion having first and second hook members disposed in an opposing arrangement, the first and second hook members each having a first end that is pivotably coupled about a common pivot pin, and the first and second hook members each having a shank extending away from the common pivot pin into a bend and terminating at a point, and a bend direction of the first hook member is opposite a bend direction of the second hook member such that the point of each one of the first and second hook members is disposed in an overlapping and generally parallel arrangement with the shank of the other one of the first and second hook members when the hook portion is in a closed configuration;
- a biasing member for normally biasing the hook portion in a closed configuration;
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- a housing for retaining the common pivot pin, the housing having external surfaces that define rotation inducing surfaces of a vane structure and that are configured to rotate the housing about an axis thereof during movement of the housing through a body of water in a direction that is generally aligned with the axis;
- wherein the housing communicates with the hook portion such that rotational motion of the housing is transferred to the hook portion, and
- wherein the hook portion is operable between the closed configuration and an open configuration in response to a fish strike on the hook portion;
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- wherein the biasing member comprises at least one band of a resiliently deformable material disposed between the shank of the first hook member and the shank of the second hook member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.