Patent ID: 7793457
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A fishing lure comprising: (a) a soft flexible plastic elongate body having a longitudinal axis, a top longitudinal surface, a bottom longitudinal surface, a channel formed in the bottom longitudinal surface, a left wall surface, a right wall surface, a head region forming a distal end portion of the elongate body, and a tail region forming a proximal end portion of the elongate body; and (b) a reusable hook assembly including first and second hooks, each hook having an eye at one end and a point at another end, the hooks being flexibly connected to one another by a flexible connection means, wherein the flexible connection means has a first end attached to the eye of the first hook and second end attached to eye of the second hook, wherein the first hook is removably inserted in the elongate body within the head region thereof and the second hook is removably inserted in the elongate body adjacent the tail region thereof, said first and second hooks having hook shanks that are oriented in generally parallel relation to the longitudinal axis of the elongate body, and wherein said channel is adapted and configured to accommodate the flexible connection means, and wherein a substantial portion of the flexible connection means is positioned freely in the channel.