Patent ID: 7980019
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A fishing lure, comprising: an elongated head portion having a forward end and a rearward end which define a longitudinal axis of the head portion therebetween, an upper surface and a lower surface; an elongated body portion having an upper surface and a lower surface, each of the upper and lower surfaces of the body portion having a plurality of longitudinally staggered, laterally oriented upper and lower body flexure grooves disposed therealong, wherein each of the staggered grooves constitute the sole groove at the respective location on the body portion along a longitudinal axis of the body portion thereby permitting the body portion to readily flex and undulate in the vertical plane; a laterally narrow neck portion flexibly connecting the rearward end of the head portion and the body portion to one another, the body portion extending rearwardly from the neck portion, wherein the head portion and the body portion define laterally opposed, vertically oriented first and second grooves therebetween on each side of the neck portion thereby permitting the head and body portions to possess sufficient lateral and torsional flexibility to simulate realistic movement, a forwardmost one of the lower body flexure grooves being disposed across the neck portion thereby permitting the head and body portions to readily flex and undulate in a vertical plane; and a hook having an eye, a shank extending from the eye, a tip, and a curved bight disposed between the shank and the tip, the shank both being disposed within the head portion and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the head portion, the eye extending from the upper surface of the head portion transverse to the longitudinal axis of the head portion, and the bight extending outwardly of the head portion and forwardly of the eye and forward end of the head portion.