Modular dressing retainer assembly
AssigneeSkirt Plus, Inc.
InventorDonald J. Link
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Abstract
A molded retainer system for fishing lure dressings and accessories. In an integral retainer construction, a headpiece and stem piece are separated by a recess space along the stem piece that supports desired dressings, for example, banded or roll-up multi-stranded skirts, scent collars and/or rattles. The headpiece can include fringed edges, filaments with interconnected rattles or bristled weedguards. In a two-piece construction, a detachable stem piece is shaped to plug mount to a cavity at the headpiece. A variety of different lure dressings can be fitted to the stem-piece prior to being re-mounted to the headpiece. A multi-stranded skirt having a series of protrusions at each strand is also disclosed that can be fitted to the retainers.
Claims15
A fishing lure dressing, comprising;
- a continuously tapered headpiece, the headpiece having a first narrow end, a second wider end, a cavity at the wider end, and a stem piece being attached to and extending from the narrow end of the headpiece, the stem piece including a narrow stem portion disposed within the cavity and a bulbous tailpiece disposed outside the cavity, the narrow stem portion having an outer diameter substantially smaller than an inner diameter of the cavity so that a space is defined between an interior wall of the cavity and the narrow stem portion of the stem piece;
- the stem piece having a bore extending through the bulbous tailpiece, the narrow stem portion and exiting the first narrow end of the headpiece, the bore retaining a shaft of a hook such that an eye of the hook extends exteriorly from the first narrow end of the headpiece and at least one barb of the hook extends exteriorly from the bulbous tailpiece;
- a multi-stranded skirt including strands having first and second ends, the strands being free from attachment to each other at both ends;
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- a holding member engaging the skirt between the first and second ends and the narrow stem portion of the stem piece in the space, wherein the strands are deflected by the wider end of the headpiece in a direction away from the headpiece.
A fishing lure dressing, comprising;
- a continuously tapered headpiece, the headpiece having a first narrow end, a second wider end, a cavity at the wider end, and a stem piece being attached to and extending from the first narrow end inside the cavity and extending out of the wider end of the headpiece, the stem piece including a narrow stem portion substantially disposed within the cavity and a bulbous tailpiece disposed outside the cavity, the narrow stem portion having an outer diameter substantially smaller than an inner diameter of the cavity so that an annular space is defined between an interior wall of the cavity and the narrow stem portion, the stem piece having a bore extending through the bulbous tailpiece and the narrow stem portion, the bore exiting the first narrow end of the headpiece, the bore retaining a shaft of a hook such that an eye of the hook extends exteriorly from the first narrow end of the headpiece and at least one barb of the hook extends exteriorly from the bulbous tailpiece;
- a multi-stranded skirt including strands having first and second ends, the strands being free from attachment to each other at both ends;
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- a holding member engaging the strands between the first and second ends thereof and the narrow stem portion of the stem piece within the annular space, wherein the strands are deflected by the wider end of the headpiece in a direction away from the headpiece and generally toward the at least one barb of the hook.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.