Fiber reinforced fishing lure
OwnerJeff Zernovinventor
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Abstract
Fishing lures constructed with internal strands of high tensile strength fibers (e.g. aramid) bonded to body pieces independent of any associated hooks. The strands are trained in appropriate alignments (e.g. longitudinally, transverse and/or radially) at high wear areas to enhance flexion and minimize tearing, especially at spanned joints. The fibers can be bonded into the body materials or anchored to the body pieces. Several soft plastic (e.g. plastisol and pvc) lures molded with resilient, durable stranded and webbed fibers enhancing durability and defining flexible joints, appendages etc. are disclosed.
Claims22
A fishing lure comprising:
- a) a body formed of a resiliently flexible material having a head piece exhibiting a first thickness coupled by an intermediate hinge piece to a trailing piece having a second thickness, wherein said hinge piece is integrally formed with said head and trailing pieces, and wherein the thickness of said hinge piece is less than one-half the thickness of said first or second thicknesses;
- b) a fish hook secured to said body;
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- c) a plurality of fibrous strands having a tensile strength significantly greater than that of the body material trained through and integrally molded into said head, hinge and trailing pieces and impregnated with said soft plastic material, such that said trailing piece is free to move side-to-side relative to said head piece without separating from said head piece.
A fishing lure comprising:
- a) a body formed of a resiliently flexible soft plastic material having a head piece exhibiting a first thickness integrally coupled to a plurality of trailing pieces by a plurality of successive, intermediate vertical hinge pieces that span the body, wherein each of said hinge pieces is integrally formed with said head and trailing pieces, and wherein the thickness of said hinge pieces is less than one-half the thickness of the thickest portion of said body;
- b) a fish hook secured to said body;
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- c) a plurality of fibrous strands having a tensile strength significantly greater than that of the body material trained through and integrally molded into said head, hinge and trailing pieces and impregnated with said soft plastic material, such that said trailing pieces are free to move side-to-side relative to said head piece without separating from said body.
A method of constructing a fishing lure comprising:
- a) winding a fibrous stranded material having a tensile strength significantly greater than a flexibly resilient molding material into a plurality of channels formed into a core support member and leaving portions of a plurality of said strands dangling from the core member;
- b) mounting said core member in a lure mold and training said dangling strand portions over a plurality of cavities in said mold;
- c) filling said mold with a soft plastic material to impregnate said fibrous strands;
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- d) curing the plastic material and removing a molded lure from said mold.
A method of constructing a fishing lure comprising:
- a) training a plurality of strands of a fibrous material having a tensile strength significantly greater than a flexibly resilient molding material over a plurality of cavities in mold;
- b) filling said mold with a soft plastic material to impregnate said fibrous strands;
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- c) curing the plastic material and removing a molded lure from said mold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.