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US 6,385,896 B1Granted
Fishing lure
AssigneeDelalande Peche
InventorRobert Thomassin
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Abstract
A fishing lure designed to reproduce, when it is pulled along in the water, the swimming movements of a live fish. The lure(1) is in the general shape of a fish comprising a head (2) and a tail (4) linked by a soft and flexible body (3) having a longitudinal axis (5). The head (2) receives, proximate its front surface (6), a front spoon (7). The lure includes, besides the front spoon (7), at least three additional spoons including a central spoon (8), an anal spoon (9) and a caudal spoon (10).
Claims12
A fishing lure apparatus for reproducing the swimming movement of a live fish when pulled through water, the apparatus comprising:
- a body having a shape resembling the live fish, said body having a head at one end and a tail at an opposite end, said body being of a soft and flexible material, said body having a longitudinal axis and a horizontal median plane, said head having a front surface;
- a front spoon received by said head adjacent said front surface;
- a central spoon affixed to said body between said head and said tail;
- an anal spoon affixed to said underside of said body adjacent said tail;
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- a caudal spoon affixed to an end of said tail, said central spoon and said anal spoon and said caudal spoon each having a substantially flat shape and forming an angle of between 0° and 20° with respect to said horizontal plane of said body.
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