# US 4,960,437 A · Fishing lure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 4,960,437 A - Document ID: US4960437A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 07/354,917 - Filed: 1989-05-22 - Granted: 1990-10-02 - Earliest claimed: 1989-05-22 - Assignees: Comet Technologies, LLC - Inventors: Teddie G. Watson; Jeffrey Orth - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4960437A ## CPC - A01K 85/01: with light emission, sound emission, scent dispersal or the like - A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and connecting means associated with said hook means for connecting said hook means to structure for operation by a remote operator. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fishing lure of claim 1 wherein said hook means is a jig hook for fresh water fish and wherein said connecting means is an eye formed in said shaft at the end of said shaft opposite said hooking structure. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fishing lure of claim 1 wherein said battery means is at least one wrist-watch-type battery, and wherein said water-resistant container has a first apperture to receive therewithin at least one said wrist-type battery and closure means to close said aperture. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The fishing lure of claim 3 wherein the said hooking structure has a diameter and wherein the said water-resistant container is a cylinder sized in cross section to be less than said diameter of said hooking structure and in length less than the said preselected distance of said shaft. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The fishing lure of claim 4 wherein said hooking structure is an arcuate extension of said shaft, said arcuate extension having a diameter from about one inch to about one fourth of one inch, and wherein said shaft is from about one inch to about two inches in length. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The fishing lure of claim 3 wherein said water-resistant container is cylindrical with a first end, wherein said first aperture is formed in said first end and wherein said closure means is a plug insertable into said aperture. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The fishing lure of claim 3 wherein said luring means includes a coil with a moveable plunger positioned to contact said water-resistant container and proximate said coil which is connected to receive said preselected patterned electrical signals to move said plunger toward and away from said coil and against said water-resistant container to make noise as said fish-luring action. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The fishing lure of claim 7 wherein said preselected patterned electrical signals are signals transmitted at a preselected frequency. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The fishing lure of claim 3 wherein said luring means further includes: a coil with a moveable plunger positioned proximate said coil and sized to contact the said water-resistant container; and a spring interconnected between said plunger and said water-resistant container to urge said plunger toward said water-resistant container; said coil being connected to receive said preselected patterned electrical signals to move said plunger away from said water-resistant container and release said plunger for movement by said spring against said water-resistant container to make noise as said fish-luring action. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The fishing lure of claim 9 wherein said preselected patterned electrical signals cause said coil to activate and said plunger to move at a preselected frequency in pulses at a preselected pulse repetition rate. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The fishing lure of claim 3 further including a second aperture formed through said water-resistant container and an extension attached to said plunger to snugly and movably extend through said aperture for movement upon movement of said plunger for imparting motion to said water as said fish-luring action. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The fishing lure of claim 11 wherein said preselecting patterned electrical signals are coil activating signals transmitted at a preselected frequency at a preselected pulse repetition rate to cause said motion to be imparted at said preselected frequency at said preselected pulse repetition rate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The fishing lure of claim 12 wherein said water-resistant container is cylindrical with a first end opposite at a second end, wherein said first aperture is formed in said first end, wherein said second aperture is formed in said second end, and wherein said fishing lure includes a rubber-like boot positioned over said second end, said boot being secured to said extension for movement thereby. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The fishing lure of claim 12 wherein said water-resistant container is cylindrical with a first end opposite a second end, wherein said second aperture is formed proximate said second end, wherein said fishing lure further includes a paddle extending through said second aperture and connected to said extension for movement by said plunger and wherein said fishing lure further includes a rubber-like boot sealably positioned about said paddle and said second aperture. ### Claim 15 (depends on 3) The fishing lure of claim 3 wherein said water-resistant container has a second aperture, wherein said luring means includes a coil with a moveable plunger interactively positioned for movement by said coil, said plunger having an extension to sealably and movably extend through said aperture for movement upon movement of said plunger to impart motion to said water as said fish-luring action. ### Claim 16 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; and 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. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The operation device of claim 16 wherein said preselected frequency is from about 4 hertz to about 200 hertz. ### Claim 18 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.