Patent Publication Number: US-2007101635-A1

Title: Fishing lure

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION  
      This invention relates to fishing lures and more particularly to a fishing lure which is retained and pulled by attachment to a fishing line controlled by the user.  
      Such lures have been used for many years in place of live bait for either cost purposes or with the belief that such lure offers advantages in attracting fish more readily than live bait, i.e., the belief that certain artificial baits may be as or more appealing to certain fish or certain fish-situations than live bait. These beliefs precipitate an annual surge in production of various lure types and are common instruments in modern fishing accessories.  
      Common features of a lure include a hook(s) and a body which serves as the attracting feature enabling hooking of the fish. The hook and body design vary widely in design shape, number and weight which in turn affects the lure&#39;s ability to be readily cast as well propelled through the water. The lure&#39;s structural and aesthetic features are thought to provide the basis for drawing in the fish to strike the lure and be thereby caught.  
      Other improvements on lures include spinners mounted on a shaft outside the body which permits complete rotation thereof when drawn through the water. The shape, speed and angle of spinner blades vary. Some spinners rotate slowly and others fast. Still other lures produce noise via the spinners as they rotate.  
      The sport continuously begs for a new lure design which attracts fish. Prior lure designs include various hooks, size, shape, color, and change in coloration, water channeling, and movement. While such lures continue to improve the art, the present invention provides still another improvement over the art. This is the aim of the present invention wherein lure&#39;s structural and aesthetic features are thought to provide an improvement over the prior lures.  
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
      It is an object to improve fishing lures.  
      It is a further object to provide a fishing lure with increased action when pulled through water.  
      It is another object to provide a fishing lure with a novel toggle action when pulled through water.  
      It is yet another object to provide a fishing lure with unique water flow through the lure via a bladed wheel and channel design when pulled through water.  
      Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a novel fishing lure. The lure includes a hollow body having tongue extending forwardly from the body to which a fishing line can be attached. The body also includes a hook attached thereto. Proximate the point of connection of the tongue to a front of the body there is an inlet channel defined in the body. The inlet channel communicably connects to a bladed wheel chamber which houses a multi-bladed wheel which is disposed within the bladed wheel chamber to rotate about an axis generally transverse to a flow path from the inlet channel through the blade chamber. There is an outlet channel defined in a bottom of the body which communicates with the bladed wheel chamber. The inlet channel can be configured within the body to communicate with a portion of the bladed wheel chamber such that the flow path is introduced to the bladed wheel chamber on one side of the axis to force against a blade extending from the multi-bladed wheel and cause rotation thereof as the flow path continues through the outlet channel. The body can be translucent and the multi-bladed wheel surface can be colored, reflective, or luminescent, to create a desired attractive appearance within the body. The outlet channel can be relatively smaller than the inlet channel and chamber such that a Venturi effect can be created. The tongue can be pitched downwardly relative to a horizontal axis of the body. The body can be configured with any desired head end and tail end to resemble desired bait.  
      The present invention provides novel lure—which includes variable dynamics in color, motion and by appearance as a fish would see the lure. The dynamics are in part brought into being by pulling the lure through water. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       FIG. 1  is a side view of the lure of the invention.  
       FIG. 2  is a bottom view of the lure of the invention.  
       FIG. 3  is a sectional view of the lure of the invention taken through line  3 - 3  in  FIG. 2 .  
       FIG. 4  is a front view of the lure of the invention.  
       FIG. 5  is a perspective sectional view of the lure of the invention. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS  
      Referring now to the drawings, the lure of the present invention is generally designated by the numeral  10 . The lure  10  includes a hollow body  12  having tongue  14  extending forwardly from the body  12  to which a fishing line  16  can be attached to a connector  18  on the tongue  14 . The tongue  14  can be angled or pitched to downwardly extend relative to a horizontal axis H of the body  12 .  
      The body  12  includes a hook  20  which can be attached to a bottom  22  of the body  12 . Proximate the point of connection of the tongue  14  to a front portion  24  of the body  12  there is an inlet channel  26  defined in the body  12  to receive water therethrough. The inlet channel  26  communicably connects to a bladed wheel chamber  28  which houses a multi-bladed wheel  30 . The bladed wheel  30  is disposed within the blade chamber  28  to rotate about a hub bearing surface  32  extending inwardly from the body  12  on an axis generally transverse to a flow path P from the inlet channel  26  through the bladed wheel chamber  28 . The bladed wheel chamber  28  can be generally configured with arcuate portions as seen in the  FIGS. 3 and 5  to receive the bladed wheel  30 .  
      There is an outlet channel  34  defined in the bottom  22  of the body  12  which communicates with the bladed wheel chamber  28 . The inlet channel  26  can be configured as seen in  FIGS. 3 and 5  within the body  12  to define a path to communicate with an upper portion  29  of the bladed wheel chamber  28  such that the flow path P is introduced to the bladed wheel chamber  28  generally on one side of the axis upon which the wheel  30  rotates. The force of the water along path P against a blade which extends from the multi-bladed wheel  30  causes rotation of the wheel  30  as the flow path P continues through the outlet channel  34 .  
      The body  12  can be translucent and the multi-bladed wheel surface can be colored, reflective, or luminescent, to create a desired attractive appearance within the body  12 . The outlet channel  34  can be relatively smaller than the inlet channel  26  and wheel chamber  28  such that a Venturi effect can be created. This restriction contributes to a unique wobble effect when pulling the lure  10  through the water during reeling. Also, in this regard, the downward tipped tongue  14  aids in direction of the water flow path P being maintained through the body  12  as it moves through or along the water surface. It is recognized that the body  12  can be configured with a desired head end and tail end to resemble desired bait. The bottom of the tongue  14  can be provided with a rib structure  36  which not only supportively connects to the body  12 , but aids in the action of the lure  10  through the water.  
      The body  12  can be made of a plastic material, and can preferably be translucent at least about the bladed wheel chamber  30 . In this regard, the rotation of the bladed wheel  30  is thought to provide a novel movement which attracts fish. The bladed wheel  30  can be of various color, reflectivity and luminescence to accommodate this desire. Also, the body  12  can include various color schemes to provide desired appearance of a bait. The dynamics of the invention is thus brought into being by pulling the lure  10  through water attracting fish as it moves through the water with its unique wobble effect.  
      The novel fish lure according to the invention provides a desired and advantageous lure, yielding the advantages of effects of movement, color and appearance by novel means intended to attract fish. Accordingly, it will thus be seen from the foregoing description of the invention according to these illustrative embodiments, considered with the accompanying drawings, that the present invention provides new and useful concepts in combination, which provide and achieve a novel and advantageous fish lure and accomplishing the intended objects, including those hereinbefore pointed out and others which are inherent in the invention. The location of the hook  20  and line connector  18  are intended to aid in the performance of the objects described herein. However, it is contemplated other locations may be found suitable to accomplish the objects and permit the lure to function as described. Modifications and variations may be effected without departing from the scope of the novel concepts of the invention; accordingly, the invention is not limited to the specific embodiments or form or arrangement of parts herein described or shown.