Patent ID: 9185892
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A fishing lure imitating a bird comprising: a substantially cylindrical, flexible hollow body having a central long axis, the body shape tapering from a common larger diameter to a substantially smaller diameter at a front end and having a rounded rear end, the cylindrical body implemented to exhibit substantially equal longitudinal buoyancy, causing the body when floating on a water surface to float with the long axis substantially parallel with the surface in an orientation defining a body top, a body bottom, a height from top to bottom, a length, a left side facing front, and a right side facing front, the buoyancy providing a water line; a set of two simulated eyes, one eye positioned on the left side of the body toward the front end, another eye positioned on the right side of the body directly opposite the one eye; a first group of buoyant first flexible strands each joined at one end to the left side of the body at a common point rearward of the eyes, the first flexible strands extending outward from the body to the left side, such that with the body floating with the long axis parallel to the water surface, some of the first strands angle forward, some are substantially at a right angle to the long axis, and some angle rearward, and length of the first strands extending from the body are progressively shorter from front to back, such that the first strands floating next to the body simulate an extended bird wing to the left side; a second group of buoyant second flexible strands each joined at one end to the right side of the body at a common point rearward of the eyes, directly opposite the first group of first flexible strands, the second strands extending outward from the body to the right side, such that with the body floating with the long axis parallel to the water surface, some of the second strands angle forward, some are substantially at a right angle to the long axis, and some angle rearward, and length of the second strands extending from the body are progressively shorter from front to back, such that the second strands floating next to the body simulate an extended bird wing to the right side, as a mirror image of the simulated bird wing to the left side; and a hook element disposed longitudinally through the cylindrical body, the hook element having an eyelet extending outward through an opening from the front end of the body below the water line, a shank extending rearward in the body along the long axis, the shank exiting the body through an opening below the waterline in an upward facing lengthwise recess, then bending forward to present a hook point facing in a forward direction, the point concealed in the recess and positioned at a point along the length rearward of the simulated wings.