Patent ID: 6966141
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A fishing lure comprising: a main body member formed from thin, resilient film, the main body member having fore and aft ends and upwardly-open, U-shaped, longitudinal cross-sections; the main body member having an open mouth at the fore end and an open exit at the aft end, the exit having opposed vertical exterior side walls joined by a curved exterior bottom wall and a back wall; a forwardly-open cap extending upwardly from the exit of the main body member, the cap sealingly joined to at least one of the walls of the main body member exit; the cap further having a curved interior bottom wall joined to the bottom of an aft vertical interior wall, and a curved upper interior wall joined to a top of the aft vertical wall, such that water entering the open mouth of the main body member is routed aftwardly to the exit, then upwardly along the cap vertical wall, and then forwardly along the curved upper interior wall to an open exit of the cap located above the main body member exit; at least one floatation pontoon fixed to the main body member, the at least one floatation pontoon adapted to position the fore end of the main body member below the water line and the aft end of the main body member above the water line when the lure is in water at rest; a spring anchor rod fixed to the aft end of the main body member; a guide ring support fixed to the main body member at the mouth; a guide ring depending from the guide ring support; a slider tube interfitted with the guide ring for relative translating motion with respect to the main body member within the guide ring; a spring post at a forward end of the slider tube; a cylindrical coil spring extending between a forward end engaged with the spring post and an aft end engaged with the spring anchor rod; and the length and spring rate of the coil spring being selected such that when the lure is pulled through water, with the main body member and cap creating drag and circulating water through the main body member and the cap, the slider tube telescopes with respect to the main body member thereby elongating the coil spring to create tension opposing the drag, and when tension on the lure is released, the slider tube is translated under spring tension back to the spring anchor rod, thereby creating a fish-attractive, jumping lure motion.