| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 043420400 | With guards | 6 |
| 20130205642 | FISHING LURE WITH SPLIT BRUSH GUARD - A fishing lure has a body and a hook. The hook has a shank that extends from the body, a bend and a point. The hook is lying in a hook plane. A brush guard has bristles that extend from the head to a blocking position in front of the hook point. The bristles are spread apart to either side of the hook plane. An elastomeric band around the lure body retains the bristles in a spread apart configuration. The spread apart bristles create a laterally wider brush guard so as to prevent snagging of the hook point no matter what the orientation of the lure in the water might be. | 08-15-2013 |
| 043420410 | Hook housed or guarded by body | 4 |
| 20100199542 | SNAG-RESISTANT FISHING LURE AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING - The snag-resistant fishing lure is designed to minimize the chances of the lure becoming ensnared. The lure has a jig and a blade attached to the blade in a configuration that limits the side-to-side movement of the blade, thereby preventing the jig from rolling to a hook-downward position prone to snagging. A centrally aligned hole is positioned close to the front edge of the blade member. An eyelet extending from the jig body is attached through an aperture in the blade. The blade is limited in its side-to-side movement by contact between the blade edge and either the jig body or the eyelet. The limited side-to-side movement of the blade creates a quick, controlled, oscillating blade action that imparts a natural swimming motion to the lure, emulating prey species movements. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20140013648 | Fishing Lure With Retractable Hook - A weedless fishing lure has a a body resembling live bait. The body has a longitudinal cavity which is open at the top, and a fish hook at least partially received in the cavity. A spring inside the body biases the hook toward the retracted position. The hook includes a point, a bend, a shank, a first attachment portion at an end of the shank opposite to the bend, and a second attachment portion projecting from the shank between the first attachment portion and the bend, and defining an eye for attaching a fishing line. The first attachment portion defines a transverse pivot axis about which the fish hook is pivotable between a retracted position in which the point of the hook is hidden inside the body, and an extended position in which it protrudes above the top of the body | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140259870 | Concealed Hook Fish Lure - A concealed hook fish lure is disclosed. In one embodiment, a lure body contains an interior body cavity wherein is placed a hook that is pivotally mounted on a connecting rod. In a first position, the hook is concealed within the lure body and held in place by a first magnet up to the moment of the strike. At the moment of the strike, the fish presses a shaft portion of the concealed hook, which causes the hook to pivot on the connecting rod, thereby moving the hook to a second position where the hook extends outside the body cavity. The pivot movement of the hook from concealed position to deployed position is urged by a second magnet, which second magnet holds the hook in the deployed position, thereby facilitating the setting of the hook in the fish's mouth. The lure is useful in waters containing weeds and other debris, and provides improvements with respect to a simple mechanism for concealing and deploying the hook. The hook may also be readily retracted to and cocked in its concealed position following a strike. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20160037758 | FISHING LURE - A fishing lure for fishing in streams, rivers and lakes, comprising a body ( | 02-11-2016 |
| 043420430 | Hook closing | 1 |
| 20080202018 | Fishing jigs and lures and manufacturing methods - A jig and bait fishing system is provided which includes various fanciful and realistic shapes for attracting and capturing fish. The system includes a body connected to a neck and a bait keeper; the neck being adapted for securing skirt material for avoiding underwater obstructions. The bait keeper secures bait and in particular internally reinforced artificial bait at the reinforced area in combination with the reinforcing material. The system also provides for a fishhook for capturing the fish and hooking the bait. The system includes a latch which prevents the fish from spitting-out the hook after capture. A method of manufacturing fishing jigs includes the steps of dipping rods into liquid plastic material and embedding reinforcing yarn filaments therein. | 08-28-2008 |
