# US 5,347,744 A · Fishing lure

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- Number: US 5,347,744 A
- Document ID: US5347744A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/086,536
- Filed: 1993-07-01
- Granted: 1994-09-20
- Earliest claimed: 1993-07-01
- Inventors: Glen Getschel
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5347744A

## CPC

- A01K 85/01: with light emission, sound emission, scent dispersal or the like
- A01K 85/00: Artificial bait for fishing
- A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

## Abstract

A fishing lure comprising a dense body portion having a bore therethrough; a recess formed in the body portion, the recess communicating with the bore, the recess sized to accommodate and receive the eyelet of a hook, said recess having non-resilient walls and a mouth; and a resilient obstruction adjacent the mouth of the recess, the resilient obstruction inhibiting passage of the eyelet of the hook until a force is exerted upon the eyelet to cause the resilient obstruction to yield and allow passage of the eyelet. Additionally, a fishing lure assembly, for ordered array upon an fishing line terminating at an eyelet of a fishhook, the lure including a forward piece having a bore and a rearward directed semi-spherical recess; a generally spherical bead having a bore and a spherical radius slightly smaller than the radius of the recess of the first piece; and a rearward piece having a bore, a forward directed semi-spherical recess of a radius slightly greater than the bead, and having rearward directed means for releaseably holding a fishhook eyelet.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A fishing lure comprising:
a dense body portion having a bore therethrough, the body portion being radially symmetrical with respect to the bore,
a recess formed in said body portion, said recess communicating with said bore, said recess sized to accommodate and receive the eyelet of a hook, said recess having non-resilient walls and a mouth, and being radially symmetrical with respect to the bore,
an O-ring seated in a groove adjacent the mouth of the recess and resiliently obstructing the mouth of the recess, said O-ring inhibiting passage of an eyelet of a hook until a force is exerted upon said eyelet to cause the resilient O-ring to yield and allow passage of the eyelet,
a second recess facing opposite the first recess and
a generally spherical bead, having an axial bore and sized to be received into the second recess of the lure.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The lure of claim 1 and further comprising:
an elongated nose portion, said nose portion having an axial bore, a tapered nose and a recess receptive a forward portion of the generally spherical bead.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The lure of claim 2 and wherein the bead has a faceted waist.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The lure of claim 2 and wherein the lure rattles or clicks when shaken.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The lure of claim 2 and further comprising a fish hook, the fish hook having an eyelet for reversible association with the resiliently obstructed recess.

### Claim 6

A fishing lure assembly, for ordered array upon an fishing line terminating at an eyelet of a fishhook, the lure comprising:
a forward piece, having a bore and a rearward directed semi-spherical recess;
a generally spherical bead, the bead having a bore and a spherical radius slightly smaller than the radius of the recess of the first piece; and
a rearward piece, the rearward piece having a bore and a forward directed semi-spherical recess of a radius slightly greater than the bead and having rearward directed means for releaseably holding a fishhook eyelet.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The lure assembly of claim 6 and wherein the means for releasably holding include a recess having a mouth and means for resiliently obstructing the mouth opening.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The lure of claim 7 and wherein the bead is plastic.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The lure of claim 8 and wherein the bead has a faceted waist.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The lure of claim 6 and wherein the forward piece has a generally conical nose.

### Claim 11 (depends on 6)

The lure of claim 6 and wherein the density of the rearward piece is greater than 1.0.

### Claim 12 (depends on 6)

The lure of claim 6 and wherein the density of the forward piece is greater than 1.0.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The lure of claim 11 and wherein the rearward piece is formed of brass.

### Claim 14 (depends on 6)

The lure of claim 6 and wherein the forward piece is formed of brass.

### Claim 15 (depends on 6)

The lure of claim 6 and wherein shaking the lure produces a noise simulating a crawfish.