Patent ID: 6446381
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: B29C,B29L

Abstract:
A unitary artificial soft plastic fishing lure comprising a main body portion having a longitudinal central axis, a pair of integral vertical fins protruding from opposite sides of said main body portion at the same predetermined acute angle to said axis, said fins causing said lure to wobble when the lure is moved through water, a separate gusset integral with each fin and with an area of said main body portion adjacent to each fin where each fin and said main body portion intersect, said gussets immovably holding said fins at said predetermined angle at all times when said lure is wobbling as it is moved through water, each of said gussets being an essentially triangular web of plastic, one side of each triangular web of plastic being integral with its attached fin, an adjacent side of each triangular web of plastic being integral with said area of said main body portion adjacent to its nearest fin, and the vertex of said one side and said adjacent side of each triangular web of plastic being at the intersection of its attached fin and said main body portion said gussets having a top surface and a bottom surface which are substantially parallel.