US 12,433,273 B2
Lure with two swing ranges
Kimio Kokuga, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Shimano Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Shimano Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/688,375.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-081146 (JP), filed on May 12, 2021; and application No. 2021-189625 (JP), filed on Nov. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0361466 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 85/18 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 85/18 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lure, comprising:
a first body including a head on a head side and a tail side;
a second body including a tail and connected to the tail side of the first body; and
a connecting portion connecting the second body to the first body such that the second body is swingable relative to the first body over a swing range such that the second body adopts a folded configuration that extends to both left and right sides of the lure toward the head side of the first body, the connecting portion being plate shaped, and
the swing range is capable of exceeding 90 degrees on each of the left and right sides, where 0 degrees is defined as when the position of the second body with respect to the first body is such that a line connecting the head and the tail is located on a straight line, as seen in a top view, and the connecting portion configured to stabilize the lure in the folded configuration.