Patent ID: 6711848
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fishing lure for attachment to a fishing line, said fishing line allowing selective deployment of a hook, said hook defining a hook attachment end, a hook bight end and a hook shank extending therebetween; said fishing lure comprising:a body, said body being provided with a hook recess projecting thereinto for receiving said hook; a hook pivotal attachment means attached to said body for pivotally attaching said hook to said body so as to allow said hook to pivot between a retracted configuration wherein said hook bight end is substantially housed within said hook recess and an extended configuration wherein said hook bight end is substantially extended out of said hook recess; an actuating mechanism located at least partially within said body between said fishing line and said hook for pivoting said hook towards said extended configuration upon a tension being applied to said fishing line, said actuating mechanism including an elongated actuating rod connected to said hook, said actuating rod defining a rod first end, a rod second end and a rod longitudinal axis, said actuating rod being slidably inserted in a corresponding rod channel formed in said body for longitudinal reciprocating movement thereinto between a rod first position with said hook in said extended configuration and a rod second position with said hook in said retracted configuration; a biasing means for generating a biasing force, said biasing force biasing said actuating rod towards said rod second position and said hook towards said retracted configuration; an adjustment means for adjusting the strength of said biasing force, said adjusting means including a tensioning shaft in a substantially collinear relationship relative to said rod longitudinal axis, said tensioning shaft being slidably inserted in a corresponding shaft recess formed in said body, said tensioning shaft defining a shaft first end and a shaft second end, said biasing means connecting to both said shaft first end and said actuating rod adjacent said rod second end, said shaft second end protruding outwardly from said body, said adjustment means further including a shaft positioning means for selectively axially positioning said tensioning shaft relative to said body.