Patent ID: 6041538
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fishing spinner bait lure comprising:(a) a wire frame member of a generally V-shape having a forward end, an upper leg and a lower leg and an eye at the vertex of the V for tying a fishing line to the wire frame member;(b) spinner means rotatably mounted on said upper leg of said wire frame member;(c) a weight member and hook mounted on said lower leg of said wire frame member; and(d) a shield member of generally triangular shape having an inner and outer surface, a forward and rear end and being slidably mounted on the forward end of said wire frame member, said shield member made of a resilient/pliable material and having a small opening in its forward end and a relatively large opening at its rear end, said small opening adapted to accommodate a fishing line threaded therethrough to facilitate tying the fishing line to said wire frame member, said shield member further characterized as having a pair of projections on the inner surface of said shield member, said projections functioning to frictionally engage the legs of said frame member to thereby retain the shield member on said wire frame member.