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US 3,981,094 AGranted
Artificial fishing bait
OwnerMyron J. Leffelinventor
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Abstract
An artificial fishing bait having a body on which a jaw engaging hook is pivotally mounted for movement through substantially a 180 degree angle between a position adjacent the body and a position extending beyond a bait hook attached to the body. A latching mechanism, releasable by a pulling force exerted on the bait hook, normally retains the jaw engaging hook adjacent the body of the device against the bias of a torsion spring associated with the jaw engaging hook.
Claims8
An artificial fishing bait, comprising, in combination:
- a. a body;
- b. a jaw engaging hook pivotally mounted on the body;
- c. latching means mounted on the body for releasably engaging the jaw engaging hook and normally retaining the jaw engaging hook adjacent the body;
- and
- d. bait hook means connected to the latching means for causing the latching means to release the jaw engaging hook when a predetermined force is applied to the bait hook means, the body being a longitudinally extending member having a pair of longitudinally spaced ends, with a longitudinal slot provided at one longitudinally spaced end and extending longitudinally along the longitudinal extent of the body, the jaw engaging hook being pivotally mounted at the one end of the body and normally partially disposed in the slot, and the latching means being disposed in the slot and extending from the slot away from the one end of the body for attachment to the bait hook means, the latching means including a longitudinally extending latching bar mounted in the slot of the body for sliding movement parallel to the longitudinal extent of the body, the jaw engaging hook including an apertured member provided on the shank of the jaw engaging hook, the bar normally engaging the apertured member, an end of the latching bar extending beyond the body, a pin slidably mounted in the body at the one end of the body, and the bait hook means and the extending end of the latching bar both being connected to the pin, with the pin being slidably moved under a predetermined force by the bait hook means, and the latching bar being slidably displaced by a sliding movement of the pin for disengagement from the apertured member.
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An artificial fishing bait, comprising, in combination:
- a. body;
- b. a jaw engaging hook pivotally mounted on the body;
- c. latching means mounted on the body for releasably engaging the jaw engaging hook and normally retaining the jaw engaging hook adjacent the body;
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- d. bait hook means connected to the latching means for causing the latching means to release the jaw engaging hook when a predetermined force is applied to the bait hook means, resilient means biasing the jaw engaging hook away from the body, the jaw engaging hook being mounted on the body for pivotal movement through a substantially 180.degree. angle, and the jaw engaging hook including a shank of sufficient length to extend beyond the bait hook means when the jaw engaging hook is substantially 180.degree.from the retained position of the jaw engaging hook adjacent the body, and thereby permitting the jaw engaging hook to grip a fish under the vulnerable part of the jaw of the fish and hold the fish securely, the body being a longitudinally extending member having a pair of longitudinally spaced ends with a longitudinal slot provided at one longitudinally spaced end and extending longitudinally along the longitudinal extent of the body, the jaw engaging hook being pivotally mounted at the one end of the body and normally partially disposed in the slot, and the latching means being disposed in the slot and extending from the slot away from the one end of the body for attachment to the bait hook means, the latching means including a longitudinally extending latching bar mounted in the slot of the body for sliding movement parallel to the longitudinal extent of the latching bar and of the longitudinal extent of the body, the jaw engaging hook including a ring provided on the shank of the jaw engaging hook, the bar normally engaging the ring, an end of the latching bar extending beyond the body, a pin slidably mounted in the body at the one end of the body, and the bait hook means and the extending end of the latching bar both being connected to the pin, with the pin being slidably moved under a predetermined force by the bait hook means, and the latching bar being slidably displaced by a sliding movement of the pin.
2 more elements
An artificial bait, comprising, in combination:
- a. a body;
- b. a jaw engaging hook pivotally mounted on the body;
- c. latching means mounted on the body for releasably engaging the jaw engaging hook and normally retaining the jaw engaging hook adjacent the body;
- and
- d. bait hook means connected to the latching means for causing the latching means to release the jaw engaging hook when a predetermined force is applied to the bait hook means, the body being a longitudinally extending member having a pair of longitudinally spaced ends, with a longitudinal slot provided at one longitudinally spaced end and extending longitudinally along the longitudinal extent of the body, the jaw engaging hook being pivotally mounted at the one end of the body and normally partially disposed in the slot, and the latching means being disosed in the slot and extending from the slot away from the one end of the body for attachment to the bait hook means, the latching means including a longitudinally extending latching bar mounted in the slot of the body for sliding movement parallel to the longitudinal extent of the latching bar and of the longitudinal extent of the body, the jaw engaging hook including a ring provided on the shank of the jaw engaging hook, the bar normally engaging the ring, an end of the latching bar extending beyond the body, a pin slidably mounted in the body at the one end of the body, and the bait hook means and the extending end of the latching bar both being connected to the pin, with the pin being slidably moved under a predetermined force by the bait hook means, and the latching bar being slidably displaced by a sliding movement of the pin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.