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Granted Patent B2
US 10,327,428 · App. 14/778,160 · Granted Jun 25, 2019

Fishing lure

Inventor: Tomoya Shirakawa (Otsu, JP)
Assignee: DRT INC.
A01K85/18A01K85/00A01K85/16
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Patent No.
US 10,327,428
App. No.
14/778,160
Granted
Jun 25, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fishing lure includes a fish-shaped body in a shape of fish and a tail-fin member provided to a rear end of the fish-shaped body. An eye member to which a fishing line is tied is provided to a front end of the fish-shaped body. A lip member is provided at a front part of the fish-shaped body. The tail-fin member is horizontally provided to the fish-shaped body. It is preferable that the tail-fin member be attached to a rear end of the fish-shaped body so as to be freely swingable within a predetermined angle range about an axis extending in a front-rear direction.

Claims (16)

1. A fishing lure comprising:

a body in a shape of a fish, the body having a front end and a rear end opposite to the front end in a longitudinal direction of the body, the body having an upper side, a lower side opposite to the upper side in a first direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the body, a right side, a left side opposite to the right side in a second direction perpendicular to both the longitudinal direction and the first direction, and a belly located on the lower side;

an eye member provided at the front end of the body, the eye member being configured to be tied with a fishing line; and

a fitting pin attached to the belly; and

a tail-fin member provided at the rear end of the body and having a fin part, the fin part having a center part defining a center plane of the tail fin member and a first side part extending diagonally rearward toward the right side from the center part and a second side part extending diagonally rearward toward the left side from the center part, the first side part defining a first plane inclined with respect to the center plane, the second side part defining a second plane inclined with respect to the center plane, the tail-fin member being selectively attached to the body in one of a predetermined posture and a reverse posture in which the tail-fin member is reversed upside-down from the predetermined posture, wherein:

in the predetermined posture, the first side part having a first rear edge that extends upward toward the right side, the second side part having a second rear edge that extends upward toward the left side, the fin part having a rear edge formed by a least the first rear edge and the second rear edge, and the rear edge of the fin part forms a shape of a letter V as viewed from the rear end toward the front end in the longitudinal direction; and

in the reverse posture, the rear edge of the fin part forms a shape of an inverted letter V as viewed from the rear end toward the front end in the longitudinal direction.

2. The fishing lure according to claim 1 , wherein the fin part of the tail-fin member has a broad upper surface and a broad lower surface opposite to the broad upper surface in the first direction.

3. A fishing lure comprising:

a body in a shape of a fish, the body having a front end and a rear end opposite to the front end in a longitudinal direction of the body, the body having an upper side, a lower side opposite to the upper side in a first direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the body, a right side, a left side opposite to the right side in a second direction perpendicular to both the longitudinal direction and the first direction, and a belly located on the lower side;

an eye member provided at the front end of the body, the eye member being configured to be tied with a fishing line;

a fitting pin attached to the belly; and

a tail-fin member provided at the rear end of the body, the tail-fin member including an attaching part attached to the body and a fin part extending rearward from the attaching part, the fin part having an undivided center part extending diagonally downward and rearward from the attaching part, the center part defining a center plane of the tail fin member, the fin part having a first side part extending diagonally rearward toward the right side from the center part and a second side part extending diagonally rearward toward the left side from the center part, the first side part defining a first plane inclined with respect to the center plane, the second side part defining a second plane inclined with respect to the center plane, the first side part having a first rear edge that extends upward toward the right side, the second side part having a second rear edge that extends upward toward the left side, the fin part having a rear edge formed by at least the first rear edge and the second rear edge, the rear edge being in a shape of a letter V from a perspective of the rear end of the body toward the front end of the body in the longitudinal direction.

4. The fishing lure according to claim 3 , wherein a lip member is provided at the front end of the body.

5. The fishing lure according to claim 3 , wherein the fin part of the tail-fin member has a broad upper surface and a broad lower surface opposite to the broad upper surface in the first direction.

6. The fishing lure according to claim 3 , wherein the rear edge of the fin part is in a shape of the letter V from a perspective of the upper side of the body toward the lower side of the body in the first direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2015
From: SHIRAKAWA, TOMOYA
To: DRT INC.
Reel/Frame 036597/0837 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-002272 · Jan 9, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160270380A1 · Sep 22, 2016
Cited By (1)
US 12,495,779