Patent ID: 7908787
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An artificial fishing lure, comprising: a substantially planar base assembly having spaced apart leading and trailing ends, and opposing substantially planar hook-side and lever-side surfaces; a one-piece spring-biased hook assembly located on the hook-side surface of said base assembly in a loaded condition and adapted for sudden rearward linear movement from the loaded condition to a released condition, said hook assembly comprising first and second metal hooks integrally-formed together at a proximal end of said hook assembly, and having oppositely directed bends and points at a distal end of said hook assembly, the distal end of said hook assembly adapted for being pushed together against an inherent spring-biasing force such that the oppositely directed bends and points reside substantially together when in the loaded condition and flare apart by operation of the inherent spring-biasing force into the released condition, and the proximal end of said hook assembly adapted for attaching to a free end of a flexible fishing line; a movable hook-setting post located forward of the leading end of said base assembly, and adapted for temporarily engaging the proximal end of said hook assembly in the loaded condition adjacent the hook-side surface of said base assembly; a fixed retention member loaded adjacent the trailing end of said base assembly, and adapted for cooperating with said hook-setting post to temporarily hold said hook assembly in the loaded condition adjacent the hook-side surface of said base assembly; and a pivoted actuation lever connected to said base assembly on the lever-side surface and to said hook-setting post, said actuation lever extending rearwardly adjacent the lever-side surface of said base assembly towards the trailing end, and said actuation lever pivoting about a fulcrum to disengage said hook-setting post from said proximal end of said hook assembly when actuated, whereby said hook assembly moves in a rearward linear direction relative to said base assembly from the loaded condition to the released condition, such that when the flexible fishing line is attached to the proximal end of said hook assembly, the flexible fishing line is carried rearwardly through the leading end of said base assembly upon movement of said hook assembly from the loaded condition to the released condition.