US 4,064,646 AGranted

Fishing lure

OwnerMario J. Vercellone, William S. Traversinventors

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Abstract

A fish lure is disclosed comprising a body or plug used to simulate fish bait in which a retractable hook or plurality of retractable hooks are mounted. The hooks are released from a retracted position to an extended position when the lure is drawn through water. This is achieved by mounting a shaft slideably within the body of the lure and securing the hooks to the shaft. A trigger is provided on the lure which engages the shaft to hold it in a position such that the hooks are pulled in towards the body of the lure. When the trigger is released by pulling the lure through the water, a resilient member biases the shaft in a direction to allow the hooks to swing freely from the body of the lure. The trigger comprises a sear having a diving plane on one end thereof, the sear being pivotally secured to the body of the fish lure and which releasably engages a stop on the shaft.

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A fishing lure comprising body means for drawing through the water to simulate fish bait, said body means having hook means retractably extending therefrom for hooking fish, said hook means mounted on retractor means secured to said body means for holding said hook means proximate to said body means, said retractor means releasing said hook means to hang free from said body means when said fishing lure is drawn through water, said retractor means comprising shaft means for securing said hook means thereto, said shaft means being slidably mounted in said body means, hook protection means on said body means for shielding the points on said hook means, said shaft means being slideably positionable to hold said hook means proximate to said hook protection means in a first position, said shaft means further being slideably positionable to move said hook means away from said hook protection means and to hang freely from said body means in a second position, said shaft means being releasably secured to trigger means for holding said shaft means in said first position, resilient means for resiliently biasing said shaft slideably from said first position to a said second position when said trigger is released, said trigger being released and said shaft being resiliently biased into said second position when said lure is moved through water, said trigger comprising sear means secured to pivotal diving plane means which is pivotally secured to stationary diving plane means, said stationary diving plane means being secured to said fishing lure, said pivotal diving plane means extending from said sear means for forcing said sear means to disengage said stop when said lure is drawn through water.

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