US 12,133,517 B2
Lip device for fishing lures
Anders P. Thalberg, Greåker (NO)
Assigned to Krysse AS, Oslo (NO)
Appl. No. 17/915,898
Filed by Krysse AS, Oslo (NO)
PCT Filed Mar. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/NO2021/050083
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/201687, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20200394 (NO), filed on Apr. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0135130 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 85/00 (2006.01); A01K 85/16 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 85/1803 (2022.02) [A01K 85/16 (2013.01); A01K 85/1807 (2022.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lip device comprising:
a lip activator that is configured to control a lip of a fishing lure, wherein the lip comprises:
a pivot portion configured to pivot on a part of the fishing lure;
a lower portion extending below the pivot portion; and
an upper portion extending above the pivot portion, wherein the upper portion is smaller than the lower portion,
wherein a first portion of the lip activator is configured to be connected to the upper portion of the lip, and a second portion of the lip activator is configured to be connected to a body of the fishing lure,
wherein the lip activator is sensitive to a variable resistance force applied by water,
wherein the lip activator is configured to change from a passive state to an active state due to a lure speed through the water increasing to a level, and from the active state to the passive state due to the lure speed through the water decreasing below the level,
wherein the lip activator is configured to cooperate with the lip such that, when the lure speed of the fishing lure pulled through the water is great enough and the lip is changed to the active state, the upper portion is positioned at least partially above a surface level of the water.