| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 043420310 | With confined shifting material and/or sound making | 24 |
| 20080256840 | Sound producing fishing float - A sound producing fishing float constructed to allow a fishing line to freely slide back and forth through the float. A float stop secured on the fishing line above the float. A bead or beads secured on the fishing line below the float. When the fishing line is twitched by the fisherman, the line and beads slide up and contact the bottom of the fishing float in such a way as to create a chamber inside the sound structure threaded bore producing a fish attracting sound. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090071057 | RESONATING JIG HEAD - Embodiments of the invention generally relate to a lead head jig having a rattle. In one embodiment, a lead head jig includes a fish hook passing through a lead casting, and a rattle secured to the hook by the casting in cantilevered orientation. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090113783 | Fishing aid - A fishing aid including a fishhook having an eye and a barb respectively positioned at its opposed ends. A rattle is releasably secured to the fishhook. The rattle has a catch that extends from one of its opposed ends with an open-loop portion for grasping the eye of the fishhook. The rattle also has a sharpened point at the other of its opposed ends for easy insertion into a soft, plastic bait. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100000145 | Fishing Lure Having Lateral Ball Movement Within a Tube - A fishing lure configured to produce an audible noise while being fished is, generally disclosed. The fishing lure includes a lure body, a hollow tube, and a ball. The hollow tube can be positioned within the lure body and oriented substantially in the y-direction of the lure. The ball is positioned within the hollow tube such that the ball can move freely with the hollow tube to produce the audible noise. A method of fishing using a fishing lure is also disclosed. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100107469 | Noise-emitting lure - The lure of the present invention may include a main housing and one or more tumblers which may tumble and strike the inside walls of the main housing when the lure is rotated, resulting in emission of a fish-attractive clicking noise. The main housing may be fitted with one or more swivel eyelet members for tangle-free line and tackle attachment. The lure may include one or more spinner blades or propeller blades to drive rotation of the main housing. The main housing and/or tumbler(s) may be any of a variety of shapes, sizes, and lengths to create sounds in a wide range of frequencies for catching different kinds of fish, and materials from which the main housing and tumbler(s) are made may further impact frequency, pitch, and range of sound emitted. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100229453 | JIG HEAD WITH A RATTLE - A jig used for fishing includes a jig head having a rattle positioned within a housing. The rattle includes a perforated case with a ringer inside the case. The ringer contacts the interior of the case and produces sound as the jig head moves. The case is enveloped in a wrap, and a hook for catching fish protrudes from the housing. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100229454 | RATTLING WEIGHT FOR FISHING BAITS - A rattle is intended to be used with a fishing bait. The rattle includes a perforated case with a ringer inside the case. The ringer contacts the interior of the case and produces sound as the fishing bait moves. The case is enveloped in a wrap. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100236130 | Simulated insect top water fishing lure - A top water fishing lure fashioned in the configuration of an insect is provided with vibration generation means embodied as a cartridge removably inserted in a watertight structure defining the lure body, operation of the vibration generation means the lure body producing vibrations which are replicated in the lure body, the body vibrations in turn transmitting to insect wing structure affixed to the lure body, the wing structure being caused to flex in manner as occurs when a live insect landed on the top water struggles to fly off th water surface, the components of the generation means being arranged in a piggyback array thereby enabling reduction in lure body size so as to better approach a size more like that of a live insect. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100319237 | AUDIBLE FISHING WEIGHT - An audible fishing weight has a striker is constrained for reciprocating linear motion relative to at least one anvil face between upper and lower limits of the motion. The striker and anvil face are adapted and arranged to produce fish-attractive sound when the striker contacts the anvil face at the lower limit of the striker linear motion with respect to the anvil face. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110061287 | DEAD STICK FISHING METHOD AND LURE DEVICE - A method for dead stick fishing. The method includes casting a lure from a fishing rod to a selected spatial location in a body of water or slightly outside of the body of water. In a specific embodiment, the lure comprises at least a processor device coupled to a sound module and coupled to a lighting module. The method also includes allowing the lure settle and be substantially motionless state, e.g., laying with little or slight movement or suspended or floating with little or slight movement from the angler. The method includes transferring a combination of audio information and electromagnetic radiation from the lure to a region of water surrounding a vicinity of the lure to entice a predator fish to strike the lure while the lure is in the substantially motionless state. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110247260 | Fishing Lure and Attractors and Methods of Manufacture - A blade body component of a fishing lure formed from a material that includes a first side and a second side, wherein a surface relief grating image effect component is positioned on at least one side of the blade body component. In certain embodiments, the blade body component includes a curvature produced by a curving device. The blade body may be part of a quick change blade system that allows the user to quickly and easily remove and replace one or more of the blade body component on a fishing lure by using a combination of a quick change clevis and a clasp. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110277372 | FISHING LURE HAVING RECORDED BAIT SOUND PLAYBACK MODULE - An electronic sound module in a fishing lure in the water is activated by a fisherman on the shore to broadcast a pre-recorded actual or simulated sound of a bait creature. In a preferred embodiment a motion sensor in the sound module activates the sound chip and micro speaker when the fisherman tugs on the line. An alternate embodiment remote radio controlled robotic fishing lure device replicates bait animals in size, shape, movement and sound. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120272564 | Fishing Rig and Method of Assembling Same - A fishing rig for use in catching fish is described herein. The fishing rig includes a leader that extends between a first end and a second end, and a plurality of bait elements that are coupled to the leader. The plurality of bait elements includes a first bait element that is coupled to the leader and is oriented between the leader first end and the leader second end. At least one second bait element is coupled to the leader and oriented downline of the first bait element along the leader such that the first and second bait elements display a schooling-type action to facilitate attracting fish to the fishing rig. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120285072 | Two in one, vibrating metal jig fishing lure (a.k.a. "Sonic Kandlefish"). - All traditional metal jigs (aka “jigging spoons”) have their lines attached to a metal insert positioned in the nose portion. The invention is a first time radical industry departure by including two primary dynamic functional attachment points in a single metal jig. It is a “2 in 1” hybrid lure with combined blade bait and metal jig actions. The invention is easily converted to a multiplicity of lure actions simply by changing its line and hook attachments from the nose insert to the dorsal insert positioned at its critical balance point on the top of its back. The resultant unmatched hydrosonic vibration, versatility and life-like natural appearance enable the invention to be effectively fished in all fresh and salt waters, worldwide. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20130036654 | FISHING LURE WITH MECHANICALLY-ACTUATED LOWER FREQUENCY TONE GENERATION DEVICE - The present invention is related to an fishing lure ( | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130074395 | FISHING LURE WITH MOVABLE PARTS - A fishing lure includes a lure head, a leader within a leader tube within the lure head; a ball rattler within the lure head; and an aerator cap attached to a front side of the lure head. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130152450 | FISHING LURE - A fishing lure comprising a body having an outer envelope and a capsule is described herein. The capsule includes a sealed watertight rigid hollow tube with a plurality of free-moving beads. The capsule is positioned in such a manner that when the lure is in use, it produces a multi-directional rattling sound that mimics the sound of invertebrate prey moving around on rocks. This sound is very attractive to fish, particularly striped bass. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20140230311 | Novelty Fish Lure - The present invention contemplates a novelty fish lure having a life-like fish-shaped body member defining at least one interior chamber. The interior chamber adapts to receive an activation button in communication with a pre-recorded sound board in communication with an audio speaker. The pre-recorded sound consists of a human voice recording of short, humorous phrases. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140290118 | RATTLING FISH HOOK - A fish hook design for providing sound, the audible sound device integrated to the shank portion. A user can sleeve bait over the shank portion, including the sound device. The user uses the hook as normal with the production of sound by the audible sound device. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20150075058 | FISHING LURE - This disclosure provides a fishing lure including an elongated body and bill, wherein the lure body includes a concave portion. According to an exemplary embodiment, the bill extends away from a head portion of the body at a downward angle and the concave portion smoothly transitions to a top surface of the bill. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150082683 | HOOK TEASER - The present invention refers to a Hook Teaser for the fishing with softbait, commonly known as “softbait fishing”. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20160021858 | Fish Call - A fish call comprising: an acoustically tuned body having an outer envelope; and a capsule containing a plurality of beads consisting of at least two different sizes having a ratio of 1:1.25, where the capsule is substantially encompassed by the body, and where the plurality of beads produces a sound that mimics an invertebrate prey moving underwater. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160050897 | Fish Call - A bucktail fish call comprising: a body having an upper end substantially opposed to a lower end and a proximal end substantially opposed to a distal end, where the distal end contains a first hook, the upper end contains a first loop fastener and the bottom end contains a second loop fastener having a second hook, and where the body comprises at least one capsule containing a plurality of beads. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160113257 | Rattling Swimbait Jig Head - A rattling swimbait jig head includes a plastic rattle case, a stationary metal ball, a pair of mobile metal balls, a hook, and a weighted head. The pair of mobile metal balls is rotatably positioned within an elongated hollow portion of the plastic rattle case by the stationary metal ball. The hook is passed through the weighted head such that the hook is adjacently and externally positioned with the elongated hollow portion. The plastic rattle case is secured to the hook by the weighted head, wherein the weighted head partially encloses the plastic rattle case and the hook. The metal to metal impact from the stationary metal ball and the pair of mobile metal balls create a sound and vibration that subsequently emit through the hook to attract fish when submerged and pulled underwater. | 04-28-2016 |
