A LURE LAUNCHING HOOKS INSTANTLY AT BITE

Abstract: In mid of the lure and backward from its nose there is a tube (2). In the tube there is a shuttle (3) and within the shuttle a flange (4). A part of the flange is pressed by spring force from inside the shuttle through a slit in it. In the tube, between the shuttle and the nose of the lure, is an expanding spring (5) and attached to the front of the shuttle. In the open rear of the shuttle two hooks are mounted by their loops surrounding a horizontal spindle (7). A lure where the expanding spring, the shuttle and the tube having been replaced by a safety-pin like spring which is wound around a horizontal spindle in the front of the lure and has its legs pointing backwards.

Description: A LURE LAUNCHING HOOKS INSTANTLY AT BITE. DESCRIPTION This invention relates to the old problem of lures dragging in seaweed or getting lost by sticking to stationary obstacles . Existing Shortcomings Efforts which have so far been made in trying to solve the problem of making efficient lures holding their hooks inside until the bite,have failed,apparently due to their pre-requ- isites, being either that the fish will continue its attack until it has squeezed the lure's -elastic- envelope enough for grasping the passively stored hooks through slits in the envelope or through the envelope as such, or that power exerted from the tag-of-war between the fish (having grasped the lure) and the fisherman , will , by mechanical transmission, make the hooks spread out; see US 994,927(of 1911), 2,261,068 (of 1940) and 3,230,656(of 1964), see also SE 316047 and FI 43656(both of 1968). None of the aforementioned patents has been efficacious, probably due to their indirectness of the hooking desired in relation to the initial attacking touch of the lure by the fish, giving it time for breaking off the attack. The Remedy Provided by the Invention According to the invention, the hooks will spread out immediately even at an exceedingly small sqeeze of the lure whereby they will, according to the strength of spring preferred by the customer, become pushed, spitted or flung out or even made stab the jaws of the fish. The time reduction and hook activation by the invention are ' intended also to reduce the risk of "blind" bites cosiderab- ly, particularly in co-operation with each other. Former Application The basic ideas of the invention have already been presented in my application for a Swedish patent of similar or same solutions, see SE 9803743-5. This description covers two variations of the lure. Particulars which the two Variants Have in Common The envelope of the lure, having the shape of a fish, can be made of any conventional material. The top of its back, from nose to tail-fen, at a breadth of a few millimetres, is replaced by a rocker-arm having its spindle in the rear part of the lure and, in its standard design, a rocking range up and down of max. 3 or 4 millimetres, its form and colour conforming with the natural outline of the fish-like lure-(l). Particulars of Variant No. In mid the lure and backward from its nose there is a tube, the length of which being approx. 70 per cent of that of the lure (2). In the tube there is a shuttle (3) which can move forth and back in it and within the shuttle a flange (4), part of which being shaped like a nose having its root turned forward. This part of the flange is pressed by spring force from inside the shuttle through a slit in it, being restrained from further sticking out by the inner side of the tube. In the tube, between the shuttle and the nose of the lure, is an expanding spring (5) and attached to the front of the shuttle, running out through an opening in the nose of the lure, is the cord of the lure (6). In the open rear of the shuttle two hooks are mounted by their loops surrounding a horizontal spindle (7). Behind the tube there is a horizontal stopper plug (8) and, obliquely in front of it, two horizontal pins (9). Functions of Variant No.l When the lure is ready for fishing, the shuttle has been moved to its front position by pulling the cord, where it holds the spring pressed together and from which it is unable to move backwards due to the flange sticking out through both the slit in the shuttle and another in the tube. A bulge on the downside of the rocker-arm is then in immediate touch with the tip of the flange's "nose". At the very moment when the fish presses down the rocker-arm maximally 3 millimetres , he arm pushes the flange inside the tube whereby the spring flings the shuttle backwards to the stopper-plug which has by then spread out the hooks, one upwards and the other downwards, as shown on Fig. 2 of the drawings and the fish will, most probably, get hooked by at least one of them. Having loosened the fish from the lure, the fisherman pulls the cord whereby the movable parts of the lure will become brought back to their pre-catch positions: the hooks conducted by the stopper-plug and ~ :the pins, and the rocker-arm being pushed by the "nose" of the flange. The lure will then be ready for the next catch. Particulars of Variant No.2 In the very front of the lure and wound around a horizontal spindle there is a spring with its two legs pointing backwards, reminding of a safety-pin. The end of the lower leg is then pressed and held back in a "pocket" which is attached to the upper leg, but movable a few millimetres forth and back along it. The "pocket" is held in its front position by a small expanding spring (10). The lower leg bears the hook or hooks, in this description three hooks of somewhat different shape and turned forward. The largest hook is firmly attached to the leg which is made from hard and stiff material and has its end moulded into a right-angled triangle, the base of which facing obliquely upwards/backwards (11). Under the rocker-arm there is a strip of elastic steel having a bulge touching the rocker-arm in its middle. The front of the strip is attached to the envelope's front part and the rear is directly but loosely connected to the front of the pocket (12). Functions of Variant No .2 In the above presentation of the particulars, the situation when the lure is ready for fishing has been described. At the very moment when a fish presses in the rocker-arm by a few millimetres, the steel strip will get slightly straightened out whereby its end pushes the "pocket" a little backwards^, however much enough for releasing the lower leg for becoming spread out downwards/forwards through a slit in the envelope to an angle with the lure of e.g. 20 to 40 degrees, as shown on Fig. 4 of the drawings, and one or more hooks will presumably hook the fish by its lower jaw consisting of a hard frame around a weak membrane. When the fish has been loosened from the lure, the fisherman pushes the largest hook until the triangeled end of the lower leg has regained its place in the pocket (after pressing back the little expanding spring)and the lure is ready for the next catch.

Claims: CLAIMS 1. A lure of the type which holds the hooks inside until hopefully being reached by an attacking fish, c h a r a c t e r i z e d by the following mechanism for throwing the hooks out: A stripe of the lure's hard back has been replaced by a rocker-arm with a swinging down range of 3 millimetres in the standard shape of the lure (1). A downward bulge of the rocker-arm touches directly a flange sticking out from a shuttle by spring pressure in the "umbrella way" through a sli c in an enclosing tube (3), thereby blocking the shuttle in its front position where it holds an expanding spring pressed together ahead: the spring having been strained by pulling the cord of the lure which is fixed to the shuttle and runs out through an opening in the nose of the lure. The two hooks are stored by having their loops around a horizontal spindle in the rear of the shuttle (7). When a fish at squeezing the lure presses in the rocker-arm by a few millimetres, the small power i puls exerted therefrom will become mechanically transferred from the rocker- -arm to the flange which, being pressed inside the tube, releases the shuttle to its becoming flung backwards by the spring, the hooks then becoming spread out into opposite directions by a plug which also serves as a stopper of the shuttle (8). 2. A lure according to claim No.l., c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y the expanding spring, the shuttle and the tube having been replaced by a safety-pin like spring which is wound around a horizontal spindle in the front of the lure and has its legs pointing backwards: the lower bearing hooks turned downward/forward and, when the lure is ready for fishing, the upper leg keeping the lower from spreading out by holding its point in a "pocket" (12) which differs from the corresponding "pocket" of a safety-pin by being able to move 2 rnilli- metres forth and back along the upper leg but held in its front position by a small expanding spring behind (10). Under the rocker-arm there is an upward bulging elastic stripe of steel pressing its most upper part tight against the arm. Its front end is attached to the front part of the lure while its rear end is connected from the front to the "pocket". When a fish at squeezing the lure presses the rocker-arm by 2-3 millimeters, the steel stripe under it will become straightened out accordingly and much enough for releasing the lower leg for passing downwards from the "pocket", and spreading out through a slit in the belly side of the lure until it forms an angle of about 20 to 40 degrees with the lure, as shown on Fig. 4 of the drawings. By pushing in a hook which is not smaller than the other(s), and is firmly attached to the lower leg, until the later is blocked anew by the "pocket", the fisherman restores the lure to its pre-catch position, thus making it ready for the next catch.

Inventors: MOELLER LENNART HUGO ALEXANDER, MOELLER, LENNART, HUGO, ALEXANDER
Applicants: MOELLER LENNART HUGO ALEXANDER, MOELLER, LENNART, HUGO, ALEXANDER
Application year: 1999
Main classification: A01K85
IPC codes: A01K85