US 3,987,576 AGranted

Fishing lure

OwnerJames W. Straderinventor

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Abstract

A fishing lure has an elongated flexible wire shaft having disposed at one end a line connecting eye and a hook at the opposite end. Disposed along the shaft is a lead weight which is conically shaped and which is contained within conical shaped plastic housing which forms a sound chamber, the shaft has a clevis with a spinner attached thereto behind the lead weight, and a plurality of ball shaped bearings on the shaft between the clevis and the covered lead weight. Disposed about the hook is a weed guard which is connected to the hook end and a rubber skirt which disguises the hook. The spinner, attached to the clevis, creates an uneven force around the flexible shaft when the lure is moved through the water which is transmitted along the shaft to the lead weight and the plastic cover causing the lead weight to strike the interior of the cover for generating a sound. The weed guard, skirt and hook revolve slowly from the torque action created by the spinner such that any striking of the skirt by the fish will cause the weed guard to be tripped up away from the point of the hook allowing the fish to become hooked.

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Dependent claims

An improved fishing lure comprising:

a thin, elongated, flexible shaft;
a pair of connectors, one connected at either of the opposite ends of the shaft;
a swivel means connected to one of the connectors at the forward end of the shaft;
said swivel means adapted to be attached to a conventional fishing line;
a shaft asymmetrical torque inducing means connected to said flexible shaft;
a weight connected around said shaft forward of said asymmetrical torque inducing means;
weight covering means disposed about said weight for providing a noise maker, said covering means connected around said shaft and including a hollow chamber portion adjacent said weight;
a plurality of separating means separating said weight and said asymmetrical torque inducing means and movable along said shaft;
a hook connected to the opposite end of said shaft from said swivel means;
artificial bait means connected about said hook;
and
a weed guard means connected to said hook and movable from a first position adjacent said hook point to a second position away from said hook point, said weight covering means being so constructed and arranged to act as both a sound chamber and as a weed separator preventing the fouling of the forward portions of the lure.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.