IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,337,410
Granted Patent B2
US 11,337,410 · App. 16/728,531 · Granted May 24, 2022

Fish hook apparatus

Inventor: Joseph Malooley (Lawrenceville, CA)
Assignee: Live Lures LLC
A01K83/06A01K91/04
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,337,410
App. No.
16/728,531
Granted
May 24, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fish hook apparatus including a head member, a shank, a bend section, a point element, and securing elements and a method for producing a controllable action in a bait are provided. The head member is defined by a top nose element, opposing side walls, and a bottom end. The head member includes a channel with openings at the top nose element and an opposing side wall for passing a fishing line. A securing element, coupled to the bottom end of the head member, secures a head of the bait. Another securing element, coupled to any location of the bait, secures one end of the fishing line exiting from the head member to the bait. Controllably tugging the fishing line curls the secured bait backwards towards the head member and springs the secured bait forwards to produce a controllable action, for example, a worm-like action in the bait.

Claims (9)

1. A fish hook apparatus comprising:

a flexible plastic bait defining at least a head and a tail;

a head member defined by a top nose element, a side wall surface, and a bottom end, wherein the head member comprises a channel having a first aperture associated with the top nose element and a second aperture associated with the side wall surface;

a hook extending from the bottom end of the head member, wherein the hook comprises a shank, a bend section, and a point;

a first bait-securing element coupled at a proximate end to the bottom end of the head member and at a distal end to the head of the flexible plastic bait; and

a second bait-securing element coupled to the tail of the flexible plastic bait and providing a connection point for fishing line proximate to the tail;

wherein a pulling force applied to a fishing line that has been extended through the channel and secured to the connection point of the second bait-securing element will cause the tail of the flexible plastic bait to curl towards the head member.

2. The fish hook apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first bait-securing element is a screw-type fastener.

3. The fish hook apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the connection point of the second bait-securing element comprises an eyelet.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2026
From: MALOOLEY, JOSEPH SERGEI
To: MONTGOMERY, ZAC
Reel/Frame 074243/0420 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2022
From: MALOOLEY, JOSEPH
To: LIVE LURES LLC
Reel/Frame 059739/0766 →
Continuity (1)
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