Attachment for a fishing lure
OwnerGregory D. Rhoteninventor
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Abstract
A device for removably attaching a trailing spinner to a fish hook utilizes a rigidly spiraled wire which, when rotated about its axis embraces the shaft portion of the fish hook. The rearward or downstream extremity of the wire is bent to form a loop. A swivel mechanism having two in-line extremities engages at one extremity the loop of the wire. The opposite extremity of the swivel mechanism engages a connector that releasibly secures a spinner of single or multi-blade configuration.
Claims10
A device for attachment to a shank portion of a fish hook comprising:
- a) a spiraled wire having a forward extremity, and a rearward extremity having a securement loop, said spiraled wire being a helix having a constant diameter of between 2 and 7 millimeters, a uniform winding frequency, a length between 10 and 60 millimeters, and between 5 and 20 windings,
- b) a swivel mechanism having an upstream extremity provided with a first aperture engaged by said loop, and a downstream extremity having a second aperture,
- c) a trailing spinner having front and rear extremities, and
- d) connector means for releasibly joining the front extremity of said spinner to the second aperture of said swivel mechanism.
The combination of a fish hook having a shank portion and a device removably attached to said shank portion, said device comprising:
- a) a spiraled wire having a forward extremity, and a rearward extremity having a securement loop, said spiraled wire being a helix having a constant diameter of between 2 and 7 millimeters, a uniform winding frequency, a length between 10 and 60 millimeters, and having between 5 and 20 windings,
- b) a swivel mechanism having an upstream extremity provided with a first aperture engaged by said loop, and a downstream extremity having a second aperture,
- c) a trailing spinner having front and rear extremities and
- d) connector means for releasibly joining the front extremity of said spinner to the second aperture of said swivel mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.