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US 4,960,437 AGranted
Fishing lure
AssigneeComet Technologies, LLC
InventorsTeddie G. Watson, Jeffrey Orth
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Abstract
A fishing lure has a battery powered oscillator circuit positioned within a water-resistant container to power a coil and in turn a noise making plunger. The nose making plunger may also have an arm or a boot attached in order to generate motion within the water to act as a fish-luring motion. The water-resistant container is affixed to the shaft of a hooking structure or positioned in the vicinity of another lure or bait.
Claims18
A fishing lure comprising:
- hook means for fishing in water, said hook means including
- hooking structure and a shaft extending therefrom a preselected distance;
- operation means secured to said shaft, said operation means including
- a water-resistant container,
- securing means for securing said water-resistant container to said shaft,
- an oscillator circuit positioned within said water-resistant container to generate and supply preselected patterned electrical signals,
- battery means positioned within said water-resistant container and conductively connected to supply electrical power to said oscillator circuit,
- luring means mechanically associated with said water-resistant container and connected to said oscillator circuit to receive said preselected patterned electrical signals therefrom for generating fish luring action in accordance therewith;
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- connecting means associated with said hook means for connecting said hook means to structure for operation by a remote operator.
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For use with a fishing lure, an operation device secured to said lure, said operation device including:
- a water-resistant container;
- securing means for securing said water-resistant container to said lure;
- an oscillator circuit positioned within said water-resistant container to generate and supply electrical signals at a preselected frequency from about two hertz to about 1000 hertz and in pulses at a preselected pulse repetition rate from about four hertz to about 200 hertz;
- battery means positioned within said water-resistant container and conductively connected to supply power to said oscillator circuit;
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- luring means mechanically associated with said water-resistant container and including:
- a coil with a moveable core sized and positioned to contact said water-resistant container,
- a spring interconnected between said core and said water-resistant container to urge said core toward said water-resistant container, and
- wherein said coil is connected to receive said electrical signals to cause said core to move toward and away from said water-resistant container at said preselected frequency in pulses at said preselected pulse repetition rate.
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For use with a fishing lure, an operation device secured to said lure, said operation device including:
- a water-resistant container with an aperture formed therein;
- securing means for securing said water-resistant container to said lure;
- an oscillator circuit positioned within said water-resistant container to generate and supply electrical signals at a preselected frequency and in pulses at a preselected pulse repetition rate;
- battery means positioned within said water-resistant container and conductively connected to supply power to said oscillator circuit;
- luring means mechanically associated with said water-resistant container and including:
- a coil with a moveable core sized and positioned to contact said water-resistant container, and
- a spring interconnected between said core and said water-resistant container to urge said core toward said water-resistant container,
- said core having an extension positioned through said aperture and said coil being connected to receive said electrical signals to cause said core to move toward and away from said water-resistant container at said preselected frequency in pulses at said preselected pulse repetition rate;
- and
- boot means positioned in said aperture and about said extension to seal said aperture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.