KIT OF FISHING LURE PARTS FOR PRODUCTION OF DIFFERENT FISHING LURES

Abstract: A lure component kit for producing mutually different lures comprises a set of lure components that includes at least two different fish heads (1), at least one hook (2), at least one weight (3), at least one fish body (4, 4'), at least one spacer element (5), and means (6, 7) for removably joining together selected lure components in a desired order relative to one another such as to form a fishing lure.

Description: 1 l^it of fishing lure parts for production of different fishing lures The invention relates to a kit of fishing lure components for the production of different fishing lures. It is previously known to provide a fishing lure that can be altered by replacing one lure component with a corresponding lure component that has a different appearance. Reference is made to prior publications WO 97/04649, SE-B-366901 and US-A-3 339 474 m this respect. It is also known to provide a fishing lure component m the form of a transparent container which can be opened for the insertion of different patterned bodies that are visible through the transparent container wall. It is also known to alter the appearance of a fishing lure body, by removably fitting different coverings over said body. In the case of a lure which is comprised of longitudinally separated pivotal components or parts, it is known to form the connection between said components so as to enable the distance therebetween to be changed. The object of the present invention is to provide a kit of fishing lure components that will enable different lures of completely different configurations to be produced. By fishing lure is meant all forms of artificial baits, such as wobblers, spinners and the like. This object is achieved with a kit of fishing lure components according to the following Claim 1. Further embodiments of the inventive lure component kit will be apparent from the following dependent claims. In a practical and at present preferred embodiment of the invention, the lure component kit is based on a flexible and 2 bendable elongated element which has an end stop on one end thereof. The kit will also include an assortment of lure components, comprising at least two separate mam parts (the fish heads), at least one hook, at least one body (fish body) and preferably several separate, different fish bodies, and at least one spacer. All of these lure components shall have a through-passage which enables them to be threaded onto the trace. The trace may have at its other end an eye and/or a catch for connection to the line wound on a spinning reel or to a leader connected to said line. The "trace" included m the inventive set is intended to form an elongated, preferably flexible structure which serves to carry a row of mutually sequential lure components threaded onto the trace to form a desired lure configuration. The fish body may have the form of an openable, transparent container and functions to receive a patterned body or several patterned bodies, which is/are thus visible through the transparent wall of the fish body. In one embodiment, mutually adjacent lure components may taper towards one or both ends. Supplementary thereto or alternatively thereto, spacer elements that have a much smaller diameter than said mutually adjacent lure components may be placed between adjacent larger lure components, so as to ensure the flexibility of the lure produced. One of the bodies may have an eccentric centre of gravity and a fin whose orientation is ensured by the eccentric path of the centre of gravity relative to the passageway. The lure may be held together and longitudinal movement of the lure components along the trace may be restricted, by placing a stop on the trace m front of the head. The trace (the elongated, preferably bendable element) may consist of a band, a line, a wire or some like elongated element, and will 3 preferably be flexibly bendable and capable of withstanding the forces and loads to which it is subjected. Because there is provided m accordance with the invention a lure component kit m which at least certain of said components are included m several different designs, it is possible for a fisherman to compose different lures that have completely different appearances, not solely by exchanging otherwise equivalent parts, but also by altering the mutual orαer of the different types of lure components along the elongated, bendable element. The invention will now be described m more detail with reference to an exemplifying embodiment thereof and also with reference to the accompanying drawings. Figure 1 illustrates a lure composed from an inventive kit. Figure 2 illustrates a further lure component that may be included m the kit. Figure 3 is an end view of one of the lure components. Figure 4 illustrates and end stop for a flexible and bendable wire on which lure components taken from the kit have been threaded. Figures 5a, 5b illustrate respective embodiments of a lure head included m the kit. Figure 6 illustrates a depth setting spoon ana its attachment to a lure head. Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view of one variant of a body. Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view of another variant of a body. An inventive kit includes an elongated bendable and flexible wire (trace) 6 with a line lock 9 at one end and an end stop 7 at its other end. 4 A pair of disc-shaped weights 3 are threaded on the wire or trace 6, one after the other. These weights may be discrete spacer elements having a through-passing, central passageway through which the wire 6 runs. The disc weights 3 are followed by a body 4 that has a through-passing central passageway 20. There then follows a spacing element 5 which has a through- passing, central passageway, and a further disc weight 3. There then follows a disc 10 having on its periphery a connecting ring for a hook 2. There then follows a further body 4 of different design. The body 4 has the form of a transparent container which may be provided with an end-wall stop and in which a patterned body or a patterned sheet of material can be inserted, wherewith the patterned surface of the patterned body/sheet can be seen through the transparent wall of the body 4. There then follows a further spacer 5, whose diameter is much smaller than the diameter of respective bodies 4, 4 . There then follows a head 1 that has a central through-passing passageway 20 for receiving the wire 6. The head 1 may be an adjustable spoon 30 (Figure 5a) which determines the depth at which the lure will pass through the water. The spoon can be replaced with separate spoon discs 12 (Figure 6) , which are threaded directly onto the wire. The inventive kit also includes other heads mat corresponα with the head 1 but are of a different appearance. The kit also includes other components. For instance, as shown m Figure 2 the kit includes a weight 10 that has a through-passing passageway 20 and a wing or fin 11 which projects out m an axial plane from one side and which causes the centre of gravity of the weight 10 to be displaced far from the passageway 20. The wing 11 thus forms a "keel" which influences the movement pattern of the lure through the water. A hook 2 fitted to the wing or fin 11 takes a position on tne undersiαe of the lure. The body 4, 4 may be provided with a respective slot 121 which has an inner widened part 120 corresponding to the passageway 20, said undercut slot 120, 121 corresponding to 5 the outer cross-sectional shape of the weight 10 so as to enable said weight to be pushed into the slot m said body, wherewith the passageway the weight 10 guides the line through said body. The slot 120, 121 extends from one end-wall of a body part, the head or the tail part, although it may extend solely through a part of its length. In the case of the head shown in Figure 5a, the slot 120, 121 extends through the rear part of the head up to the region of the depth setting spoon 30, wherewith the passageway 20 forms a narrower extension of the undercut part 120 of the slot. The weight 10 may be given lengths that correspond to the lengths of the slots 120, 121 m question. As will be seen from Figure 3, at least the weights 3 (which may consist of lead or metal) have narrowing end-parts 40 so as not to impede angular settings with respect to adjacent lure components. A corresponding narrowing end-configuration is, of course, possible at one or both ends of all the remaining lure components 4 , 5, 10, 4, 1. As shown Figure 1, a front stop, e.g. m the form of a rubber plate 8, may be placed immediately m front of the head 1 of a lure comprised of lure components threaded on the wire or trace 6 m axially adjacent relationship and supporting against the end stop 7, such as to hold the composed lure together on the wire 6. The front stop 8 may, of course, be displaceable on the wire 6 against a fπctional force. This stop function may alternatively be placed behind the head 1, as shown Figures 5b and 6. As snown Figure 4, the end-stop 7 may have the form of an axially slotted bead or ball 7. The through-passage 20 m the ball 7 has a diameter that corresponds essentially to twice the diameter of the wire 6. The end-part of the wire 6 can be folded back and re-inserted through the passage 20 . The hook 2 carries a ring 21 for attaching the hook to a wire loop 62. The 6 end-stop ball 7 can then be pushed back against the ring 21. Naturally, other connections can be made between the wire 6 and said end-stop. In addition to the wire or trace 6 and its end-stop 7, and possibly also a line lock 9 (or some other connection means), the inventive kit also includes a plurality of different lure components 1, 2, 3, 4, 4 , 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, which can be disposed different ordered sequences along the wire. The kit also includes two or more different examples of the various components 1, 2, 3, 4, 4 , 5, 7, 8, 10, 12 so as to enable a large number of different fishing lures to be composed on the basis of an inventive kit. The hooks 2 may be connected to the lure via connecting elements which have a limited breaking strain and which are intended to break and release a hook 2 from the lure before the lure is broken up by the strain acting thereon. The lure components may possibly have a radial slot 29 (Figure 8) extending from the periphery of said components into the passageway 20, so as to enable said components to be attached to the wire 6 from one side. In such cases the slot 29 will preferably be narrow and preferably narrower than the wire 6, wherewith the component 4 will preferably be resilient circumferentially so as to enable the slot to have a width which is smaller than the diameter of the wire 6 when no load acts on said component. Figure 8 illustrates a body 4 which includes two wire-receiving passageways 20 arranged mutually parallel and mutually spaced relationship along said body. The centre of gravity 60 of the body 4 is shown to lie m a region between said passageways 20. The body 4 is also shown to have different states 48, 49 (color, pattern, structure) on surfaces of the upper and lower halves of said body, i.e. adjacent respective 7 passageways 20. A lure that includes one or more such bodies can then be given totally different appearances, depending on whether the wire 6 is caused to pass through one or the other of said passageways 20. Figure 8 shows that the passageways 20 may be interconnected via a narrow, axially through-passing slot 28 which enables the wire 6 to be driven laterally between the passageways 20, but which normally prevents the wire from passing the slots 28 unintentionally. The body may also include an axially through-passing slot 29 which extends from the outer surface of the body 4 to a passageway 20 or to the slot 28. Lure components in the form of heads 1, disc shaped weights 3, connectors 10, etc., may also be provided with two mutually separate and generally parallel passageways 20 analogously with the body 4 shown m Figure 8, so as to enable a multiple of different lure combinations of mutually different appearances to be obtained m respect of lures in which the components have circumferential parts of mutually different appearance. When the centre of gravity of the components does not lie centrally between the passageways 20, the resultant stability of the lure as it passes through the water can be changed by allowing the wire or trace 6 to extend through one or the other of said passageways .

Claims: 8 C l a i m s 1. A kit of fishing lure components for the production of different fishing lures, characterized in that the kit comprises a set of lure components that includes at least two separate, different fish heads (1), at least one hook (2), at least one weight (3), at least one fish body (4, 4 ) , at least one spacer element (5), and means (6,7) for removably holding selected lure components together m a desired order relative to one another such as to form a lure. 2. A kit according to Claim 1, characterized in that the means by which the lure components are held together comprises an elongated, preferably flexibly bendable element (6) having an end stop (7); and m that each of the lure components includes a through-passing passageway (20) for threading said components onto said element. 3. A kit according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said lure components include at least one spinner or a spinner carrier. 4. A kit according to any one of Claims 2-3, characterized in that at least one (3,10 ) of the components includes an outwardly projecting fin (11) whose centre of gravity is offset from the passageway (20) said component so as to impart to the fin (11) a pre-determ ed orientation. 5. A kit according to any one of Claims 1-4, characterized in that the component holding element (6) is comprised of a flexibly bendable chain, wire or strip provided with an end stop (7) . 6. A kit according to any one of Claims 1-5, characterized in that at least one of the lure components includes means for connecting an object thereto, such as a hook (2) . 7. A kit according to any one of Claims 1-6, characterized in that at least one of the lure components has at least one end a shape which tapers or narrows towards its one axial end and towards the passageway (20) . 8. A kit according to any one of Claims 1-7, characterized in that at least one of the heads (1) includes a spoon (30), preferably a replaceable spoon. 9. A kit according to any one of Claims 2-8, characterized in that at least one (4) of the lure components has at least two generally parallel passageways and has its centre of gravity located a region between the passageways (20); and m that said one lure component (4) has mutually different appearances on respective perimeter regions (48,49) that lie closely adjacent to respective passageways (20). 10. A kit according to any one of Claims 2-9, characterized by a slot (28,29) which extends between one side of a lure component and the passageway (20) such as to permit the lure component holding element (6) to be forced laterally therethrough.

Inventors: BERGSTROEM ALF, LARSSON KAJ, BERGSTROEM, ALF, LARSSON, KAJ
Applicants: BERGSTROEM ALF, LARSSON KAJ, BERGSTROEM, ALF, LARSSON, KAJ
Application year: 1999
Main classification: A01K85
IPC codes: A01K85