Patent ID: 8627594

Claim:
A fishing lure with changeable appearance, comprising: a lure body having a contoured exterior surface, a midline plane extending through the lure body and bisecting the lure body into two lateral sections; and a cover assembly removably mounted on the lure body, the cover assembly comprising at least two parts configured to cover a portion of the exterior surface of the lure body when the cover assembly is in a mounted condition on the lure body, the at least two parts being separable from the lure body when the cover assembly is in a dismounted condition; wherein each of the at least two parts comprises a shell part and each shell part has a perimeter edge, and portions of the perimeter edges of the shell parts meet together when the cover assembly is in the mounted condition on the lure body; wherein the lure body has a front end and a rear end with an axis extending between the front and rear ends, the contoured exterior surface of the lure body being substantially circular in at least one plane oriented perpendicular to the axis, wherein each shell part includes a plurality of mounting elements formed on the shell part to removably mount the shell part on the lure body, a plurality of slots being formed on the exterior surface of the lure body and each being configured to removably receive one of the mounting elements on one of the shell parts.