Snag-resistant fishing lure
AssigneeHolding One, Inc.
InventorJames Ronald Davis
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Abstract
The snag-resistant fishing lure is a snag-free fishing lure designed to minimize the chances of the lure becoming ensnared. The lure has a jig and a blade attached to the blade in a configuration that limits the side-to-side movement of the blade, thereby preventing the jig from rolling to a hook-downward position prone to snagging. A centrally aligned hole is positioned close to the front edge of the blade member. An eyelet extending from the jig body is attached through an aperture in the blade. The blade is limited in its side-to-side movement by contact between the blade edge and either the jig body or the eyelet. The limited side-to-side movement of the blade creates a quick, controlled, oscillating blade action that imparts a natural swimming motion to the lure, emulating prey species movements.
Claims10
A fishing lure comprising:
- (a) a body having a forward portion, a rearward portion, and a longitudinal axis, the forward portion defining a width;
- (b) a wire loop fixed within and extending from the forward portion of the body;
- (c) a hook attached to and extending rearwardly from the body along the longitudinal axis of the body, the hook having a hook end spaced apart from the rearward portion of the body;
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- (d) a blade member, the blade member
- (i) having a first edge located proximate to the wire loop and
- (ii) defining therethrough a mounting hole in proximity to the first edge, through which mounting hole a portion of the wire loop is positioned;
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- (iii) further defining therethrough a pair of line attachment holes, to which pair of line attachment holes a fishing line is attached;
- whereby, as the lure is pulled through the water, a majority of the blade member is oriented above the body and the blade member moves in a side-to-side motion relative to the body, the side-to-side motion being defined either by the first edge of the blade member striking a first side of the body and striking a second side of the body opposite the first side or by the first edge of the blade member striking another portion of the wire loon that is opposite the portion of the wire loop positioned through the mounting hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.