Patent ID: 7805878

Claim:
Apparatus configured to be removably attached to a container of a liquid fish attractant scent in order to enable hands-free coating of a fishing lure with the liquid fish attractant scent, comprising: (a) a hingeldy openable housing having an opening through which a fishing lure can be selectively inserted and closed to seal around the fishing lure, the housing including an absorbent pad disposed in an interior of the openable housing, and an inlet port separate from the opening of the housing, the nozzle mounted within the inlet port and adjacent to the absorbent pad, to enable the liquid fish attractant scent that is added to an interior of the openable housing through the inlet port and the nozzle to be applied directly to the absorbent pad; and (b) fluid communication means for fixedly attaching and coupling an outer end of the nozzle mounted within the inlet port of the housing to the container of the liquid fish attractant scent, for conveying the liquid fish attractant scent, along a sealed fluid communication path extending from the container of the liquid fish attractant scent through the inlet port of the housing, even when the housing has been closed and sealed around the fishing lure, the liquid fish attractant scent flowing from the container of the liquid fish attractant scent through the sealed fluid communication path, and through the inlet port to the absorbent pad in the interior of the openable housing in which a fishing lure is disposed; and the absorbent pad absorbing the liquid fish attractant scent and coating the fishing lure with the liquid fish attractant scent.