Patent ID: 7497046
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A semi-buoyant fishing lure that can be easily maintained by an anger within three feet of the surface of water when given a steady pull, will slow sink, pull true at a slow retrieve, and run straight and horizontal to imitate movements of live bait fish in a manner attractive to top water fish, said fishing lure comprising: a hook shank having two opposed ends, a hook eye on one of said opposed ends and a barb on the other of said opposed ends, said hook shank also having a first kinked portion depending rearwardly from said hook eye with a downward curvature that ends at a bottom end of an abruptly upturned and substantially straight and vertically extending piece that has a length dimension substantially similar to a vertical height dimension through which said downward curvature extends, said substantially straight and vertically extending piece having a top end opposite said bottom end, and said hook shank further having a second portion extending from said top end of said substantially straight and vertically extending piece to said barb end, with said second portion of said hook shank having a downward and forward curvature that orients said barb end so that it extends in a same direction as said hook eye; a generally triangular-shaped buoyant head having a V-shaped bottom configuration, a nose area, and a base perimeter configuration; and an elongated flexible body having a neck area, at least one dimple in said neck area for use in inserting said barb end of said hook shank through said body, and a belly area, whereby when said first kinked portion of said hook shank is inserted into said head so that said hook eye extends through said nose area of said head and forwardly beyond it, said downward curvature of said first kinked portion becomes positioned adjacent to said V-shaped bottom configuration of said head and said abruptly upturned and substantially straight and vertically extending piece becomes positioned near said base perimeter configuration of said head, and further when said second portion of said hook shank is inserted into said neck end of said body and said neck end is moved toward said base perimeter configuration of said head until it is adjacent to it, said barb end of said second portion will extend through said belly area of said body and become positioned below said belly area with said barb end extending in the same direction as said hook eye, and a resulting weight balance of said first kinked portion within said head will allow said head to act as a keel, that in combination with the generally triangular shape of said head, and V-shaped bottom configuration, and said downward and forward curvature of said second portion of said hook shank, will all function in concert to keep said body from rolling from side to side and also keep the pull line true.