Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Fishing – Artificial bait
Reexamination Certificate
1998-09-14
2001-03-06
Ark, Darren W. (Department: 3643)
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Fishing
Artificial bait
C043S042280
Reexamination Certificate
active
06195930
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a lure used as an artificial bait, among fishing tackles.
2. Description of Related Art
Lures are widely used as conventional fishing devices to have good game results. As well known, lures are molded from rubber, plastic, metal, or combinations of those materials and generally constituted of a fish-like, worm-like, or insect-like body, and a hook-shaped fishing hook secured to the body. Such a lure is connected to a fishing line attached to a rod and cast in the water or at the water surface of rivers, lakes, and seas in which fish are conceivably hiding. Where the lure is moved in the water of at the water surface by manipulating the rod with or without a reel by hands, fish mistakenly bites the lure as a bait in response to sounds, vibrations, light generated from the lure. Since the hook attached to the lure sticks the inside of fish mouth when the fish bites, the fish can be lifted upon winding up the fishing line. As lures, lures having various shapes and sizes, such as, so called warms sunk in the water with an earthworm-like configuration to appeal appetite of fish, and top water plugs used as traveled on or at the water surface in utilizing fish habits that fish makes reactions to sounds, vibrations, and light, and so on, have been proposed and used corresponding to targeted fish natures. The top water plugs have various types, and any of these attract fish underwater by making bubbles or sounds on the water surface or manipulating it to move as small creatures such as worms or frogs.
However, such conventional lures require a skilled technique to make effective motions as to attract fish underwater, and it is tough work particularly for beginners who have started game fishing recently. The conventional lures, though similar to worms or minnows in terms of colors and shapes, likely operate to move in a manner different from natural worms or minnows even where manipulated using a highly skilled technique. If fishing games are repeatedly played at the same place, the lures become less attractive to the fish in that area due to learning ability of the fish, thereby making game results poorer.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention is proposed to solve the above problems that conventional lures had. It is an object of the invention to provide a very effective lure offering motions very close to those of small creatures and effective easily even for beginners who have started game fishing recently without demonstrating a high level technique to land more poundage of fish.
The foregoing object is accomplished by providing a lure including: a body molded from a material having a lower specific gravity than water; and a pair of legs formed to extend on right and left sides of the body at a middle or rear portion of the body, the pair having an elastic portion extending outwardly from the body as a center to right and left opposing ends of the elastic portion and a pair of water receiving portions secured to the right and left ends of the elastic portion, respectively, each having a water receiving face extending perpendicular to a lure proceeding direction.
According to this lure, where connected to a fishing line attached to a rod and cast at the water surface of rivers, lakes, and seas in which fish are conceivably hiding, the lure is moved at the water surface by manipulating the rod with or without a reel by hands. When the body moves in the proceeding direction by manipulation of the rod, water resistance entered in the pair of the water receiving portions makes the pair of the water receiving portions located inline with the body. When the body ceases to proceed, the pair of the water receiving portions comes back to the original position by elastic force of the elastic portion. Since the lure, by repeating such manipulations of the rod, moves at the water surface in repeating bending and bending back of the elastic portion, the lure performs imitiated motions very close to those of small creatures such as frogs as baits for fish, thereby stimulating fish as well as their appetite, and thereby remarkably increasing an amount of fish catches in comparison with use of conventional lures.
According to preferred embodiment, each of the water receiving portions may have contact portions to which water entered in the water receiving portions contact when the body is manipulated to move in the lure proceeding direction. The contact portion makes larger the water resistance entered in the water receiving portion, and therefore, the lure performs in a manner much closer to those of small creatures than that without such a contact portion. The elastic portion may be unitedly formed of a rectangular rubber plate whose front surface is attached to orient the lure proceeding direction. Such an elastic portion unitedly formed of a rectangular rubber plate makes itself inexpensive and assembling easier, such as easier attachments of the water receiving portions or the like. The body may have one or more grooves extending parallel to the lure proceeding direction. Such a groove or grooves allow water to flow through the groove or grooves, thereby stabilizing the position of the lure without swinging when the body proceeds at the water surface.
In another aspect of the invention, a lure includes: a body molded from a material having a lower specific gravity than water; a pair of leg supports formed on right and left sides of the body; and a pair of legs pivotally supported to the leg supports, respectively, each leg having an elastic portion extending rightward, leftward, or downward from the body, a water receiving portion secured to an end of the elastic portion, having a water receiving face extending perpendicular to a lure proceeding direction, and a wing plate secured to the water receiving portion. With this lure, the legs pivotally move to render the wing plates secured to the water receiving portions hit the water surface and thereby generate sounds and vibrations, by elastic force of the elastic body constituting the leg members and water resistance entered in the water receiving portions.
In yet another aspect of the invention, a lure includes: a body molded from a material having a lower specific gravity than water; a pair of front end legs formed on right and left sides of the body at a front end of the body; the pair having an elastic portion extending outwardly from the body as a center to right and left opposing ends of the elastic portion, and first and second water receiving portions secured to the right and left ends of the elastic portion, respectively, each water receiving portion having a water receiving face extending perpendicular to a lure proceeding direction; and a rear end legs formed at a rear end of the body, having an elastic portion extending rearward from the body, and a third water receiving portion secured to the elastic portion formed with an opening directing upward. With this lure, when the lure that has reached, e.g., at the bottom of a lake, is manipulated to move in a proceeding direction, after resistance entered in the first to third water receiving portions makes the elastic member bend downward, and when the lure ceases to move, the elastic member come back upwardly. Since the lure, by repeating such manipulations of the lure, moves in the water in repeating bending and bending back of the elastic portion, the lure performs imitated motions very close to those of small creatures as baits for fish, thereby stimulating underwater fish as well as their appetite.
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Ark Darren W.
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