Patent Publication Number: US-2023157267-A1

Title: Tunable and adjustable swimbait

Description:
BACKGROUND 
     Within the fishing industry, fishermen use swimbaits to attract and catch fish. There are various types of swimbaits that are used for the different types of applications or conditions that a fisherman might run into. Some of these would could include changing tides, the water current, location of the fish, weather conditions, and the different types of structure under the water. For these reasons, fishermen often need to buy different swimbaits for each of the different applications or conditions, which means buying multiple baits and ultimately spending more money. 
     So, therefore fishermen need a swimbait that is tunable and adjustable that can accommodate the various types of applications and different conditions. 
     SUMMARY 
     The tunable and adjustable swimbait, is a like a One Stop Shop, where you have one bait and can accommodate all the various types of applications and conditions a fisherman might encounter. The swimbait includes a front portion, along with multiple interchangeable rear/tail portions that can attach to the front portion. A lip portion, located within the front portion where various types of lips (resin, weighted and/or diving lips) can be interchanged. Also, various numbers of the middle portion that is positioned between the front and rear/tail portions. Within the front portion is the optional weight chamber which houses weights that can be removed or inserted into the chambers. Each rear sections also have a chamber for a removable pin/screw. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES 
         FIGS.  1 - 7    represent each component of the Tunable and Adjustable Swimbait which will show the different views an/or configurations, parts and components. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES 
     Following, you will find a detailed description of the invention of the Tunable and Adjustable Swimbait. It must be noted, the following description and details only shows a few different configurations for this bait. This invention can be adapted into numerous different types of configurations that are not show in the following illustrations and descriptions. Also, there are elements and/or parts that may be substituted and used to design this swimbait that will not change the function or operation of this bait. 
       FIGS.  1 - 7    will show the different portions of the Tunable and Adjustable Swimbait  10 . The swimbait  10  is comprised of a front/head portion  12 ; rear/tail portions  16  which can be and attached to the front portion  12 . The front portion  12  and the various rear sections are attached to each other by the removable locking screw/pin  18 . The rear/tail portions can be made up of segments  14 , which are attached to each other and can be interchanged and attached to the front/head portion  12  using the removable locking pin/screw  18 . Within the front/head portion there is an area  31  where you can insert various types of lips  32  (ie., resin, weighted lead or diving lips). Also, within the front portion/head  12  you will find one to two chambers  34 , that hold optional weights and the screw  30  for the interchangeable lips  32 . The removable locking screw/pin that holds the front section  12  and the various rear/tail and/or middle sections  14  &amp;  16  together, is designed to allow those rear/tail &amp; middle  14  &amp;  16  portions and/or sections to swivel, sway, swing and/or rotate in a back and forth motion. 
     As you will see in the Figures, the front portion  12 , is made to resemble the head of a fish. The front portion  12  is comprised of multiple chambers and/or cavities that can accommodate a locking screw and/or pin  30  for the interchangeable lips  32 . Also it has pair of cavities that accommodate components that make up a portion of the locking system  18 . Those pair of cavities are sized to accommodate a treaded portion of a screw eye  28 . The threaded portion of the screw eye  28  is located within the front portion  12 . When inserted within the front portion  12 , the screw eyes run parallel with the top of the front portion  12 . The rounded portion of the screw eye  28 , that has the hole is located on the outside of rear of the front portion  12  and extends out in the direction of the middle portion  14  or rear portion  16 . The two other chambers and or cavities house a socket cap screw  30  which at the end has a threaded insert  26  and holds the interchangeable lips  32 . Located at the end of the chambers and/or cavities, closest to the rear/tail portion  16  and/or middle portions  14  is where the interchangeable weights  34  are held, see  FIG.  3    and also  FIG.  4   . The optional lip inserts  32  are placed within the lip insert cavity. When the lip insert  32  is inserted into the lip insert cavity, the hole in the lip insert  32  will align with the hole for the socket cap screw  30  so that the socket cap screw  30  will pass thru the lip insert  32  and grab and lock into the threaded insert  26 . The socket cap screw  30  passes thru the lip insert  32  and into the threaded insert  26  so that it locks the interchangeable lip  32  into place. The front portion  12  is also comprised of a ball bearing swivel  22  that is partially inserted within the bottom portion of the front portion  12 . The chambers and/or cavities of which house the screw eyes  28 , socket cap screw  30 , and option weights  34  are parallel to each other. The front portion  12  may have a wire line tie  20 , which a portion extends outward from the front portion and the other portion is located within the front portion  12 . 
     Shown in  FIG.  3   , the rear/tail portion  16  is made to resemble the tail of a fish. Within the rear/tail portion  16  and also within the front portion of the middle portion  14  there is a chamber/cavity for a socket cap screw  30  that runs perpendicular. Also, located in the front section of the rear/tail portion  16  and the middle portion  14  are two screw eye cavities in which the socket cap screw  30  threads itself thru. Within the socket cap screw threaded cavity is a nut  24  in which the socket cap screw  30  is threaded thru when screwing it in. The screw eye cavities are perpendicular to the socket cap screw cavity. The various rear/tail portion  16  and middle portion  14  are attached to the front portion  12 , when the front portion  12  screw eyes  28  are placed within the screw eye cavities in the rear/tail portion  16  and/or middle portion  14  so that it&#39;s aligned with the holes for the socket cap screw  30  and the socket cap screw is screwed into the socket cap screw cavity. As the socket cap screw  30  makes its way up thru the socket cap screw threaded cavity, it enters in the first screw eye cavity, then thru the first screw eye  28 , then thru the nut  24 , it then enters the second or top screw eye cavity, thru the next screw eye  28  and then slightly into the top portion of the tail/rear portion  16  or middle portion  14 . This design of attaching the front portion  12  and the rear/tail portion  16  or middle portion  14  is designed specifically to allow the tail/rear portion  16  or middle portion  14  to swivel, sway, swing and/or rotate in a back and forth motion. Also, the optional weights  34  that are located in the front portion  12 , when inserted and not secured in place, allows the weights  34  to come in contact with the front of the rear/tail portion  16  or middle portion  14 . As the rear/tail portion  16  or middle portion  14  swings back and forth in the water, the optional weight  34  bounces off of the rear/tail portion  16  or middle portion  14  which creates momentum to help the rear/tail portion  16  and middle portion  14  to swivel, sway, swing, and/or rotate in a back and forth, side to side motion as the swimbait is reeled in. The tail/rear portion  16  or middle portion  14  is comprised of a ball bearing swivel  22 , that is partially inserted into the belly or bottom of the rear/tail portion  16  and middle portion  14 . It should be noted that a locking pin or any other such locking pin or screw can be used in place of the socket cap screw  30  to attach the front portion  12  and the rear/tail portion  16  or middle portion  14 . Also, a use of a magnet could be used to attach the front portion  12  and the rear/tail portion  16  or middle portion  14 . 
     As explained above with the attaching of the front portion  12  to the rear/tail portion  16 . The middle portion  14  may also be attached the same way. 
     For use of the swimbait  10 , you would take the front portion  12 , a rear/tail portion  16  or a middle portion  14  and attach the front portion  12  to either the rear/tail portion  16  or middle portion  14  by inserting the screw eyes  28  that are located in the front portion  12  into the screw eye cavities that are located in the front section of the rear/tail portion  16  and/or middle portion  14 . The socket cap screw  30  is inserted into the socket cap screw threaded cavity that is located in the rear/tail portion  16  or middle portion  14 . As the socket cap screw  30  makes its way up thru the socket cap screw threaded cavity, it enters in the first screw eye cavity, then thru the first screw eye  28 , then thru the nut  24 , it then enters the second or top screw eye cavity, thru the next screw eye  28  and then slightly into the top portion of the tail/rear portion  16  or middle portion  14 . To change to change out the rear/tail portion  16  or middle portion  14 , simply remove the socket cap screw, attach the desired rear/tail portion  16  or middle portion  14  and attach in a similar manner. If you would like to remove or add the optional weights  34 , remove the attached rear/tail portion  16  or middle portion  14  as stated above and remove or add optional weights  34  from the weight cavities. Changing the weights gives the ability the change how the swimbait  10  swims. It can swim on top of the water or near the top with little or no weight and lower or deeper in the water with more weight. 
     Also, the swimbait has an interchangeable lips  32  which is located in the front portion  12 . Lips can be made of resin, lead or plastic. To change the interchangeable lips  32  take the front portion  12  which has been separated from the rear/tail portion  16  or middle portion  14 . Remove the socket cap screw  30  which is a threaded cavity that is located at the of the option weight chamber where the option weights  34  are placed. Once the socket cap screw  30  is removed, add the desired lip insert  32 , insert the socket cap screw  30  back into the option weight chamber and screw it in making sure that it goes the hole of the desired optional lip insert  32  and into the threaded insert  26  that is located at the end of the option weight chamber. If you want to change to a different lip insert  32 , repeat the steps above. 
     The description of the Tunable and Adjustable swimbait is not limited to just to the above details it can made with different parts, but that does not change the design of the invention or how it works or functions.