Patent ID: 7080476

Claim:
A fishing lure comprising a lure body; a bifurcated dual tail portion extending from a rear end of said lure body, said dual tail portion having a pair of flexible forked tail portions and said pair of flexible forked tail portions each having opposite surfaces, respectively, said forked tail portions each further comprising an upper fork extension, a lower fork extension and a central portion therebetween, said upper fork extension and said lower fork extension diverging from said central portion, said upper and lower fork extension being substantially symmetrical in shape with respect to each other, wherein the divergence between said upper and lower fork extensions begins at a location which is rearward from the beginning of the fork between the forked tail portions; and a single, rounded, solid, continuous and unbroken shoulder provided in each of said opposite surfaces of said forked tail portions, said single, rounded, solid, continuous and unbroken shoulder extending outwardly transverse to a longitudinal axis of said fishing lure from said upper fork extension and downwardly and forwardly to said central portion and then downwardly and rearwardly to said lower fork extension from said central portion on each of said opposite surfaces, said single, rounded, solid, continuous and unbroken shoulder having a substantially convex shape throughout its entirety, for imparting vibration to said pair of flexible forked tail portions and said lure body responsive to retrieval of said fishing lure through a water body.