Fishing lure assembly
AssigneeMargaret H. MacDonald
InventorRichard MacDonald
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Abstract
A lure structure formed of a transparent flexible material and designed to contain and display a bait fish, such as a shrimp, on the interior thereof wherein the chamber and associated housing are structured and dimensioned to allow free movement of the bait fish within the chamber and further include an apertured construction so as to allow free passage of water through the housing and into the chamber. The housing is slidedly connected to a supporting fishing line so as to allow sliding movement along a predetermined length thereof and substantially adjacent to a hook assembly.
Claims15
A fishing lure structure of the type primarily designed to retain and display a live bait fish substantially adjacent a hook assembly for the attraction of a larger fish thereto, said assembly comprising:
- (a) a housing having a substantially elongated configuration and a hollow interior portion extending along the length thereof, said hollow interior portion defining a chamber in which the bait fish is retained,
- (b) said chamber including both a transverse and longitudinal dimension sufficient to retain and allow free movement of the live bait fish therein,
- (c) said housing further including an elongated, lateral wall disposed in surrounding relation to said chamber,
- (d) said housing having two end walls formed at opposite ends of said lateral wall and disposed in substantially tranverse relation to the length of said housing,
- (e) resiliently segmented entrance means for providing access into and out of said chamber being formed on and at least partially defining one of said end walls, said entrance means structured to facilitate entrance into said chamber and resist exiting therefrom,
- (f) said lateral wall formed from a transparent material, whereby said bait fish is displayed, and including a plurality of apertures formed in said lateral wall, said plurality of apertures disposed and dimensioned to allow water to fill said housing and freely flow into and out of said chamber, and
- (g) connecting means secured to said housing for attachment of said lure assembly to a fishing line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.