Patent ID: 6574908
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fishing lure for use in catching fish comprising:first and second fish hooks; a housing attached to a fishing line and in which the fish hooks are enclosed, the housing having openings therein through which barbed ends of the fish hooks are extended to set the hooks into the fish; a plunger reciprocally movable in the housing and to which ends opposite the barbed ends of each fish hook are attached; a trigger holding the plunger in a retracted position in the housing in which the barbed end of the fish hooks are withdrawn inside the housing, the trigger being activated by a fish seizing the lure with activation of the trigger releasing the plunger to move to an extended position in the housing with movement of the plunger driving the fish hooks out of the housing for the barbed ends of the hooks to be set into the fish, the trigger includes a plurality of levers spaced about the outside of the housing, one end of each lever being inserted in the housing to block movement of the plunger and the other end of each of which is external to the housing, whereby activation of any one trigger by a fish causes the trigger to move about a pivot and release the plunger; spring means installed in the housing and engaging the plunger, the spring means driving the plunger from its retracted to its extended position when the trigger is activated, and; a plate interposed between the plunger and the spring means with the one end of each of the levers bearing against one surface of the plate, and a leveling spring bearing against the same surface of the plate to balance the forces acting on the plate, activation of one of the levers by a fish unbalancing the plate to release the spring means to drive the plunger to its extended position.