Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Fishing – Artificial bait
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-17
2001-02-27
Ark, Darren W. (Department: 3643)
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Fishing
Artificial bait
C043S017100, C043S017600, C043S042310
Reexamination Certificate
active
06192617
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to fishing lures and more particularly pertains to a new electronic fishing lure assembly for attracting fish in all types of water conditions.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of fishing lures is known in the prior art. More specifically, fishing lures heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,953,319; U.S. Pat. No. 4,823,497; U.S. Pat. No. 5,392,555; U.S. Pat. No. 4,787,167; U.S. Pat. No. 3,535,812; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,237,771.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new electronic fishing lure assembly. The inventive device includes a main body portion having a hollow interior, a plurality of hooks coupled to the main body portion, and a line eye coupled to the main body portion. A scent producing assembly is coupled to the main body portion. A microcontroller is positioned in the hollow interior, the microcontroller being electronically coupled to the scent producing assembly. A switch is coupled to the main body portion, the switch being electrically coupled to the microcontroller for selectively activating the microcontroller. The inventive device further includes a motion producing assembly and a light source for illuminating the main body portion.
In these respects, the electronic fishing lure assembly according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of attracting fish in all types of water conditions.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of fishing lures now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new electronic fishing lure assembly construction wherein the same can be utilized for attracting fish in all types of water conditions.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new electronic fishing lure assembly apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the fishing lures mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new electronic fishing lure assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art fishing lures, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a main body portion having a hollow interior, a plurality of hooks coupled to the main body portion, and a line eye coupled to the main body portion. A scent producing assembly is coupled to the main body portion. A microcontroller is positioned in the hollow interior, the microcontroller being electronically coupled to the scent producing assembly. A switch is coupled to the main body portion, the switch being electrically coupled to the microcontroller for selectively activating the microcontroller. The inventive device further includes a motion producing assembly and a light source for illuminating the main body portion.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new electronic fishing lure assembly apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the fishing lures mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new electronic fishing lure assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art fishing lures, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new electronic fishing lure assembly, which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new electronic fishing lure assembly, which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new electronic fishing lure assembly which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such electronic fishing lure assembly economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new electronic fishing lure assembly which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new electronic fishing lure assembly for attracting fish in all types of water conditions.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new electronic fishing lure assembly which includes a main body portion having a hollow interior, a plurality of hooks coupled to the main body portion, and a line eye coupled to the main body portion. A scent producing assembly is coupled to the main body portion. A microcontroller is positioned in the hollow interior, the microcontroller being electronically coupled to the scent producing assembly. A switch is coupled to the main body portion, the switch being electrically coupled to the microcontroller for selectively activating the microcontroller. The inventive device further includes a motion producing assembly and a light source for illuminating the main body portion.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new electronic fishing lure assembly that includes a light source for increasing the visibility of the lure to fish in murky water and includes a motion producing assembly for producing a real bait fish type motion. The lure also includes a sound assembly for drawing the attention of the fish to the lure when it cannot be easily seen.
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