Patent ID: 6155000
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A generally snagless fishing lure comprisinga lower body member visually resembling an aquatic creature and having a fish hook extending therefrom;an upper body member visually resembling a baitfish;a resilient wire connecting to the lower and upper body members and holding the body members in spaced relationship to one another; a bend in said wire positioned forward of the lower and upper body members providing a location at which to attach a line for pulling the fishing lure through water;the lower body member including sufficient weight to cause the fishing lure as a whole to sink in water and for the lower body member to position itself below the upper body member when the fishing lure is pulled through water;said fish hook of the lower body member positioned generally behind said wire so as to be generally protected from snagging;the upper body member elongate in exterior shape and connected to said wire bymeans for connecting and allowing pivoting of the upper body member in a back and forth horizontal movement; said means for connecting further including means for preventing spinning of the upper body member relative to said wire;the upper body member including at least one rattle chamber comprising a ceiling, a sloped floor, and at least two sidewalls in spaced relationship to one another and on opposite sides ofthe sloped floor, the upper body member further includes a triangular rattle chamber;at least one rattle member inside each of said at least one rattle chamber and said triangular rattle chamber for causing rattling with back and forth movement of the upper body member when the fishing lure is pulled through water; the spacing between the two sidewalls and a transverse width of said sloped floor wider than said at least one rattle member in width so as to allow back and forth traveling of said at least one rattle member transversely across said sloped floor and to impact against one of the sidewalls and then the other of the sidewalls with back and forth horizontal movement of the upper body member when the fishing lure is pulled through water, whereby rattling is created;said sloped floor sloping upward from a lower position nearer a front end of the upper body member to a higher position nearer a back end of the upper body member for aiding in preventing said at least one rattle member from being jammed stationary in a back end of the rattle chamber by the back and forth movement of the upper body member when the fishing lure is pulled through water;said fishing lure sans a spinning blade.