Patent ID: 7895789

Claim:
A fishing lure assembly comprising: a fishing lure attachable to a fishing line with no spinning with respect to the fishing line; a pliable appendage; and a swivel mechanism spinnably attaching the pliable appendage to the lure, the swivel mechanism comprising: a hollow barrel element having an opening on one end and a fastening element on an opposite end, the fastening element fastened to the fishing lure, a shaft extending through the opening in the barrel element, a head on one end of the shaft retained within the barrel element, the shaft spinnable with unrestricted 360° rotation about an axis of the shaft with respect to the barrel element, and a barbed element on the opposite end of the shaft and aligned with the axis of the shaft, the barbed element inserted into the pliable appendage so that the pliable appendage is spinnable with unrestricted 360° rotation about the axis of the shaft, and wherein the fishing lure has a recess at one end, the barrel element disposed within the recess.