Coiled spring spinner fishing lure
OwnerDonald D. Gentryinventor
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Abstract
The invention is concerned with a spinner fishing lure of novel design, construction and function, which eliminates the conventional wire harness commonly used in the prior art. The inventive lure is completely snagless and weedless, and it is capable of being retrieved at any desired depth. Upon retrieval, the lure moves from side-to-side and zig-zags in imitation of the movements of a swimming bait fish, and it also pulsates and vibrates vigorously to additionally attract any fish in the vicinity. Additional features and advantages of the inventive lure are set out in the detailed description.
Claims20
A spinner fishing lure comprising a weighted body means having leading and trailing portions, fishing line attaching means carried by said leading portion of the body means for attaching a fishing line to said lure, hook means carried by said body means including shank and point portions, said shank portion extending from said trailing portion of the body means and away from said leading portion of the body means and terminating in said point portion, flexible spinner blade arm means carried by said body means having leading and trailing portions, said leading portion of the flexible arm means extending from said body means and then outwardly and away from said leading portion of the body means, said body means and said shank portion of the hook means extending longitudinally of said lure, said trailing portion of the flexible arm means and said point portion of the hook means being spaced from each other and on the same side of said shank portion of the hook means, resilient supporting means including a coiled spring carried by said body means for resiliently supporting said leading portion of the flexible arm means adjacent said body means, said resilient supporting means being effective to cause said leading portion of the flexible arm means to resist kinking adjacent said body means, said resilient supporting means also being effective to aid in maintaining said spaced relationship between said trailing portion of the flexible arm means and said point portion of the hook during retrieval of said lure, and fish attracting spinner blade means carried by said flexible arm means.
A spinner fishing lure comprising an elongated weighted body means having leading and trailing end portions, an elongated bill means having leading and trailing end portions, said bill means extending from said leading end portion of the body means and being fixedly connected adjacent its said trailing end portion to said body means, an elongated hook means including shank and point portions, said shank portion extending from said trailing end portion of the body means and being fixedly connected to said body means, an elongated flexible spinner blade arm means having leading and trailing end portions, said leading end portion of the flexible arm means being fixedly connected to said body means at a position removed from the respective outer ends of said leading and trailing end portions of said body means, said flexible arm means being angularly disposed and extending outwardly from said body means and toward said trailing end portion of said body means, said elongated body means and hook means extending generally longitudinally of said lure and the longitudinal axes thereof lying in substantially the same plane, said flexible arm means and said point portion of the hook means being on the same side of said longitudinal axes thereof and spaced from each other, resilient supporting means including a coiled spring carried by said body means for resiliently supporting said leading end portion of the flexible arm means adjacent said body means, said resilient supporting means being effective to cause said leading end portion of the flexible arm means to resist kinking adjacent said body means, said resilient supporting means also being effective to aid in maintaining said spaced relationship between said trailing end portion of the flexible arm means and said point portion of the hook during retrieval of said lure, means for attaching a fishing line to said leading end portion of the bill, and fish attracting spinner blade means carried by said flexible arm means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.