Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Fishing – Illuminated – e.g. – luminous
Reexamination Certificate
2003-04-21
2004-09-28
Rowan, Kurt (Department: 3643)
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Fishing
Illuminated, e.g., luminous
Reexamination Certificate
active
06796077
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to illuminative fishing lures and, more specifically, to an illuminative fishing lure having a rechargeable power source that is hermetically sealed within a non-conductive matrix. The fishing lure is formed as a circuit having two contacts, that when brought into contact with one another completes the circuit and illuminates an LED.
2. Description of the Prior Art
There are other illuminative fishing lures. Typical of these are U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,217,565; 4,250,650; 4,250,651; 4,347,681; 4,672,765; 5,063,700; 5,175,951; 5,195,266; 5,392,555; 5,175,951; 5,758,450; 5,697,182; 6,029,388; and 6,098,331. While these illuminative fishing lures may be suitable for the purposes for which they were designed, they would not be as suitable for the purposes of the present invention, as hereinafter described.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,217,565
Inventor: William Seigle et al.
Issued: Oct. 8, 1940
In a fishing lure, the combination with a sealed hollow body, and an electrical lighting unit within the body, of: a wire cage extending longitudinally around said body, one end of the cage passing through one end of said body to form a pivotal connection; line attaching means formed integrally at one end of wire cage; integral hook carrying means formed at intervals along said cage; and hooks carried by said last mentioned means.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,250,650
Inventor: Raoul G. Fima
Issued: Feb. 17, 1981
A fishing lure containing one or more light sources includes a guideway along which a battery rolls back and forth in response to an oscillatory movement of the lure. A series of spaced-apart stationary electrical contacts are positioned along the guideway to be successively engaged by the moving battery to intermittently complete a circuit and energize the light sources. The light sources are internally mounted for protection by the body of the lure and the light is transmitted to exterior locations by optical conductors.
U.S. Pat. No. 359,372
Inventor: Clarence Ramme
Issued: Feb. 17, 1981
The invention includes an elongated central body portion having an elongated air chamber formed therein and a battery chamber parallelly disposed to and spaced from the air chamber, both chambers extending substantially the length of the central body portion. A rear cap is removably secured to the rear end of the central body portion and a translucent front section is threadedly connected to the front end of the central body portion. At least one battery is mounted in the battery chamber. A light bulb has the base thereof in abutment with a shoulder formed at the outer end of the battery chamber whereby the bulb portion extends into the translucent front section. A coil spring is mounted between the rear end of the battery and the rear cap so that when the rear cap is secured to central body portion contact is made between the light bulb and the battery.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,347,681
Inventor: Raoul G. Fima
Issued: Sep. 7, 1982
A fishing lure containing one or more light sources includes a guideway along which an electrical contact moves back and forth in response to an oscillatory movement of the lure. A series of spaced-apart stationary electrical contacts are positioned along the guideway to be successively engaged by the movable contact to intermittently complete a circuit and energize the light sources. The light sources are internally mounted for protection by the body of the lure and the light is transmitted to exterior locations by optical conductors.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,672,765
Inventor: Erno B. Lutz
Issued: Jun. 16, 1987
A fish attraction device having a case and wing and wing support members. The wing automatically assumes a diving angle when trolling and an upward angle when a fish is hooked. The case may be provided with a flashing light circuit which has a phosphorescent coated light bulb.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,063,700
Inventor: David L. Kiefer
Issued: Nov. 12, 1991
A fish bait and lure illuminator is comprised of a watertight housing containing an electrical battery and a bulb which provides a source of illumination in the housing. An optical fiber extends into the housing and has its inner end close to the light source. Light is conducted through the optical fiber out of the housing, through the length of optical fiber with little or no attention. The external end of the fiber optic acts as a lens to give off light similar in intensity to the source of illumination to illuminate the living, non-living bait or artificial lure.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,175,951
Inventor: Russell L. Fruchey
Issued: Jan. 5, 1993
A fishing lure comprising a lure body and being of a hollow construction with a predetermined configuration adopted for attracting a particular fish variety, said lure body having disposed interiorly thereof a light emitting diode (LED) and power supply means disposed interiorly of said body for energizing said light emitting diode; solid state electronic circuit means including first gate means connected to said power supply defining an oscillator coupled to said LED, and sensor means including electronic control, external sensors and a second gate means for actuating said first gate means when said electrodes are immersed in water whereby said LED is intermittently energized by said first gate means.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,195,266
Inventor: Robert H. Troescher
Issued: Mar. 23, 1993
A fish lure comprising a transparent tube containing a light emitting diode, a first metallic sleeve in contact with the inner wall of the tube, a second metallic sleeve in contact with the inner wall of the tube and with the first metallic sleeve, and a third metallic sleeve inside of and spaced from the second metallic sleeve. A power supply device is disposed in the first metallic sleeve in electrical communication with all of the sleeves and the diode.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,392,555
Inventor: Sheldon N. Tingey
Issued: Feb. 28, 1995
A new and improved illuminated fishing lure apparatus includes a housing assembly which simulates a body of an organism. The housing assembly also includes two transparent portions that simulate two eyes of the organism. Two hook assemblies are attached to the housing assembly. One hook assembly is attached to the rear most portion of the housing assembly. The other hook assembly is attached to the bottom of the housing assembly. Contained within the housing assembly, a pair of illuminators is positioned adjacent to the transparent eye-simulating portions of the housing assembly. The illuminators serve as sources of illumination for the transparent eye-simulating portions of the housing assembly. An electronic flashing circuitry is also contained within the housing assembly and is connected to the simulated-eye illuminators. The electronic flashing circuitry drives the illuminators at a predetermined flashing rate. Preferably, the illuminators are LEDs. The electronic flashing circuitry includes a battery supply, an electronic flasher module connected to the battery supply, and a flash-rate-change assembly connected to the electronic flasher module, for changing the predetermined flash rate at which the illuminators flash. Preferably, the electronic flasher module is an LM3909 flasher module.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,758,450
Inventor: Bruce A. Young
Issued: Jun. 2, 1998
Laser-illuminated lures which are characterized by lures of selected design having a hard or soft body and fitted with a laser beam-emitting mechanism or device which includes a laser emitter, a laser circuit board and a battery for energizing the circuit board and laser emitter. In a preferred embodiment the laser device is implanted in the lures and the laser emitter positioned to highlight one or more features of the lures such as a spinner, skirt, hook or the like to attract fish to the lure. In another preferred embodiment more than one laser device may be implanted or otherwise positioned inside a lure to highlight various features of the lure, as desired. The laser circuit may be energized by tightening a removable segment of the lure against a spring seated on the battery which s
Dupree Banks
Hyre Matthew R
Squire James C
Key MacLane C.
MacLane C. Key, Inc.
Rowan Kurt
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