Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Fishing – Trap hooks
Patent
1995-10-05
1997-06-24
Rowan, Kurt
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Fishing
Trap hooks
43 35, 43 36, A01K 8300
Patent
active
056407963
ABSTRACT:
A fishing lure including a lure body (1) having an internal bore (12) therein, a plurality of slots (6) extending radially in said lure body between the outer surface thereof and said bore, a plurality of fish hooks (3) having inner forward ends 20 pivotally connected to a ring member (2) within the bore for free movement therein and outer rear hook ends (22) with a curved shank portion (18) between the ends, and a driver plug (5) freely movable within the bore and having slots (14) therein with tapered cam surfaces (16) engaging the curved back sides of the hooks for urging the hooks radially outwardly of the lure body by forward movement of the driver plug in the bore with respect to the lure body (1). A resilient restraining element (7) engages the outer curved surfaces of the shanks of the hook members to resiliently retain the hook members in the fully retracted position. The strike of a fish on the lure body causes the driver plug to move forwardly within the bore (12) toward the forward end of the lure body when the lure is dragged through the water by a fishing line (8) attached to a connector (4) on the driver plug (5) to expand the fishing hooks radially outwardly by the camming action of the cam surface (16) against the restraining force of the elastic restraining member (7). When the forward ends (20) of the hooks reach the forward end of the bore (12) the driver plug (5) has expanded the hooks to their outermost position where they are most effective to engage and hook a fish striking the lure. A separate fish attracting member (28) having a forward end (30) engageable in a peripheral groove (9) in the head end of the lure body may be used to increase the effectiveness of the lure. The fish attracting member (28) is made of a foamed hydrophilic resin saturated with liquid fish attractant which renders the member elastic and flexible by virtue of the special material from which the fish attractant member is made.
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