Patent ID: 9642345
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: A01K

Claim:
1. A guide lip to be connected with an articulated point of attachment to a fishing lure, lure body, or baitfish, the guide lip comprising: a spoon-shaped body having a front surface, the front surface to face in a direction toward a pulling source of the guide lip, a perimeter of the front surface including a water conveying edge; a first attachment device arranged on the front surface at a central region of the front surface; a second attachment device, the first and second attachment devices forming a conceived axle extending in the direction toward the pulling source of the guide lip; a first wing forming part of the front surface adjacent the central region; and a second wing forming part of the front surface adjacent the central region opposite the first wing, the first and second wings to extend, in the direction toward the pulling source, in front of the central region where the first attachment device connects to the spoon-shaped body, the first and second wings to direct water in a direction toward the water conveying edge when the guide lip is moving through the water, the water conveying edge being positioned on at least one of a top part of the guide lip above the axle or on a bottom part of the guide lip below the axle, wherein an angle between (1) a line that is parallel with the axle and (2) a line that stretches from the water conveying edge and through a point on a front side of the guide lip positioned approximately one-third a distance between the water conveying edge and an opposite edge, as seen from the water conveying edge, is greater than 90 degrees.