Patent ID: 6058645
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
In an elongate fishing lure having an elongate and buoyant material core, a single elongate strand of wire of a finite length, having a first eyelet at a first end thereof, a second eyelet at a second end thereof and a third eyelet at a location intermediate said first and second ends, said core having a lengthwise extending passageway therethrough receiving said wire therein so that said first and second ends with respective said first and second eyelets thereat and said third eyelet are exposed, and a body encasing said core while simultaneously maintaining said first, second and third eyelets exposed relative to an exterior surface of said body so as to facilitate the connection of each thereof to one of hooks and fishing line, the improvement comprising:a plurality of through holes extending through the sides of said fishing lure and in a direction transverse of a longitudinal axis of said fishing lure; andfirst and second side plates separate from said body that are each conformed to and flush with a respective side of said exterior surface of said body, each of said first and second side plates having at least one of a plurality of pins and pin receiving sockets thereon, each said pin on said first side plate extending through one of said holes with a distal end thereof being received in said pin receiving socket on said second side plate; andfastening means for fastening said distal end of each said pin in said pin receiving socket.