Patent ID: 8915012

Claim:
A convertible fishing lure assembly comprising: a lure body including at least one body section, said body section including a channel extending longitudinally therethrough and terminating in oppositely disposed open ends, said channel comprising an elongated configuration defining a channel length along a maximum dimension between said oppositely disposed open ends, said channel further comprising a substantially enclosed configuration between said oppositely disposed open ends, a sleeve removably and replacably disposed within said channel and extending longitudinally along a major portion of said channel length, said sleeve having a continuous opening extending along and between opposing ends thereof, wherein said sleeve and said channel comprise substantially corresponding cross sectional configurations, an elongated securing member having opposite ends, said elongated securing member disposable into and through said opening in said sleeve, wherein said opposite ends of said elongated securing member are structured to simultaneously extend at least partially outward from different ones of said oppositely disposed open ends of said channel while said elongated securing member is disposed in an operative orientation through said sleeve, said sleeve and said securing member having sufficiently corresponding cross sectional configurations to restrict rotation of said securing member within said channel, each of said opposite ends of said elongated securing member structured for removable and replacable interconnection of at least one tackle component thereto, said one body section comprises at least one discrete attachment opening formed therein in a communicating relation with said channel, wherein said at least one discrete attachment opening is cooperatively sized and configured to receive a singular tackle component therein, and at least one singular tackle component including an aperture formed therethrough which is removably and replacably disposed in an operative position into said at least one discrete attachment opening, wherein said operative position comprises said aperture disposed in an aligned relation within said channel and said sleeve positioned through said aperture in a retaining relation to said at least one singular tackle component.