AU669138B2 - Fishing lure - Google Patents
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- AU669138B2 AU669138B2 AU30311/92A AU3031192A AU669138B2 AU 669138 B2 AU669138 B2 AU 669138B2 AU 30311/92 A AU30311/92 A AU 30311/92A AU 3031192 A AU3031192 A AU 3031192A AU 669138 B2 AU669138 B2 AU 669138B2
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A01K85/00—Artificial bait for fishing
- A01K85/16—Artificial bait for fishing with other than flat, or substantially flat, undulating bodies, e.g. plugs
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Description
A U S T RA L I A Patents Act 1952 COMPLETrE SPEC WICATI.ON FOR A STANDARD PATENT
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8''ditiuhon 3,2 Name of Applicant: Actual Inventor(s): Address for Service: JOHN ELLIS and MARY ELLIS JOHN ELLIS DAVIES COLLISON CAVE, Patent Attorneys, 1 Little ColliSStr'et, Melbourne, 3000.
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ft.., ft invention Title: Details of Associated Provisional Application(s): No(s): PL0918/92 filed] 18 February, 1992 The following statement is a full description of this invention, including thle best method of performing it known to me/us: 1 -Ia- FISHING LURE The present invention relates to a fishing lure.
Fishing lures conventionally comprise a buoyant body with a plate or bib extending from the front of the body. The body has one or more mounting points for hooks and also for attachment to a fishing line. The body itself is of a generally streamlined shape and the shape of the bib in conjunction with the buoyancy of the body is such that when the lure is towed through the water it will ride at a predetermined depth. A different riding depth is required for catching different types of fish and, conventionally, a different lure is usually sold for different depths of operation.
There have been proposed lures in which the bib is adjustably mounted relative to the body in order to provide an adjustable depth of operation, but these prior proposals have not provided a satisfactory adjustable mounting for the bib.
According to the present invention there is provided a fishing lure comprising a body having a front end portion and sides, the front end portion of the body including a slot which extends rearwardly, said slot being open to the front of the body, a rib exending longitudinally in said slot, and a bib having a rear mounting portion releasably receivable within said slot and a forward portion shaped to cause the lure, when in use, to ride at a predetermined depth in the 25 water, said rear mounting portion being of plate-like form and having a slot extending forwardly from a rear edge of the mounting portion, said slot in the mounting portion dividing said portion into two opposed wings having opposed inner edges defining the opposed sides of the slot whereby the slot in the mounting portion receives the rib when the mounting portion of the bib is moved rearwardly into the slot in the body, said bib being composed of a semi-rigid material whereby the wings are capable of limited flexing, the rib and the inner edges of the wings having interengageable formations which interlock by t
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96O228,pAopcr\hlures.sc 1 -Ibdeformation of the wings when the mounting portion is pushed into said slot in the body whereby to lock the mounting portion in said slot, the mounting portion being releasable to permit withdrawal by flexing the forward portion of the bib.
The invention also provides a fishing lure as defined above in combination with a set of said bibs, respective bibs of the set having a configuration which ,1U N r_: 964OO2,pAoper\rsIuraspe 1 provides a different depth of travel of the lure.
An embodiment of the invention will now be described by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:- Figure 1 is a side view of a lure in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the invention; Figure 2 is a side view of a body of the lure; Figure 3 is a side view of a removable bib of the lure; and Figure 4 is a plan view of the bib.
As shown in the accompanying drawings a bib in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention comprises a body 2 having at its front end portion a forwardly-opening slot 4. The body 2, which may or may not be a buoyant body, is a relatively streamlined shape and has eyes 6 for attachment to hooks and also an eye 8 at its forward end for attachment to a fishing line. A bib is releasably secured within the slot 4 and a forward portion 10a of the bib extends forwardly of the body 2 and is shaped to caLus the lure to travel through the water at a predetermined depth. The bib 10 is replaceable within the slot 4 by one of a number of other bibs having differently-shaped forward portions which provide a different ridini 'epth of the lure through the water.
The slot 4 in the body 2 has substantially parallel upper and lower walls S' 4a, 4b and the bib 10 has, rearwardly of its shaped forward portion 10a, a mounting portion 10b of planar form which fits tightly within the slot 4 so that uppe r 1 lower surfaces of the mounting portion 10b are in firm engagement with upper and lower walls 4a, 4b of the slot 4. The interior of the slot 4 and the mounting portion 10b of the bib 10 comprise interengageable locking means which releasably engage with a snap or detent action whereby the mounting portion 10b is positively locked within the slot 4 but which can be released to permit removal of the bib 10, The releasable locking means can take different forms and can comprise a resilient locking component on the mounting portion of the bib engageable with an element within the slot and which itself may be resilient or rigid. An alternative configuration is also possible in which the mounting 'lement within the slot 4 is reilient, and the mounting portion 10b of the bib 10 is rigid. However, in the preferred embodiment as illustrated, it is preferred that the bib 10 is formed from a semi-rigid material, for example a suitable plastics, so that the bib 10 has a limited degree of flexibility. The mounting portion 10b of the bib 10 is formed with a slot 12 extending longitudinally from its rear end. The interior of the slot 4 in the body 2 includes a longitudinally-extending rib which engages within the slot 12 when the mounting portion 10b of the bib 10 is inserted rearwardly into the slot 4 in the body 2. The slot 12 in the mounting portion 10b of the bib 10 comprises opposed recesses 14 into which opposed projections on the side of the rib can engage with a snap action by deflection of the side walls of the slot 12 when the mounting portion is moved rearwardly along the rib. The locking effect thereby achieved is sufficient to positively lock the bib 10 within the slot 4, but nevertheless the bib can still be removed when the forward portion 10a of the bib 10 is deliberately flexed and a forwards force is applied to the bib 10 to withdraw the bib 10 from the slot 4 in the body 2. It will be appreciated that the number of and configuration of the recesses 14 along the opposed sides of the slot 12 in the mounting portion 10b and the corresponding projections on the rib may be different from that specifically illustrated, and the recess(es) may be formed on the rib with the projection(s) being formed on the sides of the slot 12. The cooperation between the rib and the longitudinal slot 12 in the mounting portion of the bib 10 ensures that the bib 10 is firmly located relative to the body 2 and that accidental displacement of the bib 10 relative to the body 2 cannot take place. However, the bib 10 can still be easily removed from the body 2 and replaced by another bib having characteristics which will cause the lure to ride at a different depth.
The lure can be supplied with a set of bibs providing different depth characteristics, The removable mounting of the bibs is also of advantage as a bib may readily be replaced if the bib becomes broken as a result of the lure 921218,popor\rsh,uretsp,3 becoming tangled with submerged logs or rocks.
The slot 4 in the body 2 may be directed at a different inclination from that specifically illustrated and, in order to provide a greater range of depth variation, the body may comprise two or more similar slots 4 arranged at different angles of inclination.
The embodiment has been described by way of example only and modifications are possible within the scope of the invention.
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Claims (4)
1. A fishing lure comprising a body having a front end portion and sides, the front end portion of the body including a slot which extends rearwardly, said slot being open to the front of the body, a rib extending longitudinally in said slot, and a bib having a rear mounting portion releasably receivable within said slot and a forward portion shaped to cause the lure, when in use, to ride at a predetermined depth in the water, said rear mounting portion being of plate-like form and having a slot extending forwardly from a rear edge of the mounting portion, said slot in the mounting portion dividing said portion into two opposed wings having opposed inner edges defining the opposed sides of the slot whereby the slot in the mounting portion receives the rib when the mounting portion of the bib is moved rearwardly into the slot in the body, said bib being composed of a semi-rigid material whereby the wings are capable of limited flexing, the rib and the inner edges of the wings having interengageable formations whirh interlock by deformation of the wings when the mounting portion is pushed into said slot in the body whereby to lock the mounting portion in said slot, the mounting portion being releasable to permit withdrawal by flexing the forward portion of the bib.
2. A fishing lure according to claim 1, wherein one of said mounting portion slot and said rib includes a locking recess and the other of said mounting portion slot and said rib includes a locking detent, the locking recess and locking detent being engageable with a snap action when the bib is inserted into the slot in the body.
3, A fishing lure according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the slot is open to the sides of the body.
4. A fishing lure according to any one of claims 1 to 3 in combination with a set of said bibs, wherein each respective bib of the set has a configuration which provides different depths of travel of the lure within the ',,atcr. 96O4p:\ocr\r~hzis'cllls~cdn% -6- A fishing lure substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings. DATED this 2nd day of April, 1996. JOHN ELLIS and MARY ELLIS By their Patent Attorneys: DAVIES COLLISON CAVE OZpAo~r\r31;u~ellis.cIni.6 ABSTRACT A fishing lure hans a body with a replaceable bib (10) mounted within a slot at its forward enld, The bib (10) can thereby be replaced by a bib) which prIovides cliffCreCln depth charaIcteristics for' the hlre, ~12IR.pAoper~t3,~krc~pe,7
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| AU30311/92A AU669138B2 (en) | 1992-02-18 | 1992-12-18 | Fishing lure |
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| AUPL0918 | 1992-02-18 | ||
| AUPL091892 | 1992-02-18 | ||
| AU30311/92A AU669138B2 (en) | 1992-02-18 | 1992-12-18 | Fishing lure |
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| AU3031192A AU3031192A (en) | 1993-08-19 |
| AU669138B2 true AU669138B2 (en) | 1996-05-30 |
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| AU30311/92A Expired AU669138B2 (en) | 1992-02-18 | 1992-12-18 | Fishing lure |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US4807387A (en) * | 1988-02-29 | 1989-02-28 | Dougherty Jr C Clark | Quick change fishing lure |
| AU3899689A (en) * | 1988-07-27 | 1990-02-01 | John Henry Knol | Fishing lure |
| US4944112A (en) * | 1989-05-25 | 1990-07-31 | Garmany Douglas L | Lure system with adaptable insitu bill assembly |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US4807387A (en) * | 1988-02-29 | 1989-02-28 | Dougherty Jr C Clark | Quick change fishing lure |
| AU3899689A (en) * | 1988-07-27 | 1990-02-01 | John Henry Knol | Fishing lure |
| US4944112A (en) * | 1989-05-25 | 1990-07-31 | Garmany Douglas L | Lure system with adaptable insitu bill assembly |
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