US 12,419,284 B2
Fishing lure
Trent Smith, Paulina, OR (US)
Filed by Trent Smith, Paulina, OR (US)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/823,576.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/536,197, filed on Sep. 1, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0072407 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. A01K 85/14 (2006.01); A01K 85/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 85/14 (2013.01) [A01K 85/1841 (2022.02)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user-configurable fishing lure comprising:
a lure body, said lure body being planar, said lure body extending a length thereof from a first end to a second end thereof;
said body having a width extending between a first side edge thereof and an opposite second side edge thereof;
said lure body formed of a memory material which will hold a bend once formed therein;
an attachment point located at said first end for a fishing line thereto;
a secondary attachment point located at said second end;
a slot communicating through said body, said slot extending from said second end of said body toward said first end of said body;
a first bendable portion defined by an area of said body on a first side of said slot, said first bendable portion extending from said slot to said first side edge of said body;
a second bendable portion defined by an area of said body on a second side of said slot, opposite said first side of said slot, said second bendable portion extending from said slot to said second side edge of said body opposite said first side edge; and
both said first bendable portion and said second bendable portion being deformable by bending to bent configurations of said first bendable portion or said second bendable portion; wherein rotational or oscilating movement of said body of said lure is adjustable by changing a shape of said bent configurations.