Substance Emitting And/or Water Passage Patents (Class 43/42.06)
  • Patent number: 7036264
    Abstract: A fishing lure is made with an interior channel communicating with a front opening to and to a pattern of apertures in the rear. The motion of the lure, rising from, and diving into the water, traps an air pocket which is forced out the rear apertures in a stream of bubble which attract fish and other marine life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Inventor: Patrick Barbary
  • Patent number: 7000346
    Abstract: A fishing lure for use as a top water lure having a construction of negative buoyancy. The lure has an elongated weighted body resembling a squid with angled channels defined in the top and bottom surfaces of the body. Upon the lure being retrieved by an angler, water gushes through one of the channels and splashes over and about the leading end of the lure, causing the lure to “swim” over the water surface with the trailing end submersed in the water. This presents the appearance of a fleeting baitfish. By careful selection of colors and reflective strips the lure will have an appearance that is very visually stimulating to game fish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Inventor: Raymond G. Jussaume
  • Patent number: 6931785
    Abstract: A fishing lure apparatus includes a simulated turtle body which includes a simulated turtle bottom portion and a simulated turtle shell portion supported by the simulated turtle bottom portion. Simulated turtle legs are connected to the simulated turtle body. A simulated turtle tail is also connected to the simulated turtle body. A simulated turtle head is also connected to the simulated turtle body, and one or more fish hooks are connected to either the simulated turtle body, the simulated turtle legs, or the simulated turtle tail. One or more hook-reception eyes are connected to the simulated turtle body for receiving fish hooks. A spoon portion is connected to the simulated turtle body. Each of the simulated turtle legs includes a leg hook and a simulated turtle leg covering attached to the leg hook. The simulated turtle tail includes a tail hook, and a simulated turtle tail covering is attached to the tail hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Inventor: Steve M. Johnson
  • Patent number: 6922937
    Abstract: A fishing lure consisting of an arched hollow body with an interior bait chamber is provided. The interior chamber is divided into a buoyancy chamber and a bait chamber. A number of small openings are formed in the outer body to enable scent and bait particles to be broadcast from bait stored within the bait chamber as the lure is passed through the water. Access to the bait chamber is further provided by either a hinged cover or by a hinged connection formed in the lure body between the buoyancy chamber and the bait chamber. Access to the bait chamber is restricted while the lure is being passed through the water as a result of the water flow positioning either the cover or the hinged lure body over the opening to the bait chamber. Once removed from the water, access to the bait chamber is readily obtained through movement of either the cover or the hinged lure body for re-supplying bait prior to supplemental use of the lure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Inventor: Mitchell A. Gilbert
  • Patent number: 6843986
    Abstract: An attractant composition for application to fishing lures is composed of about 10-45% bees wax and up to about 75 % menhaden oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Inventor: Stephen L. McMaster
  • Patent number: 6836997
    Abstract: A floating fishing lure having the capability to adjust the buoyancy of the fish lure with a high degree of precision, such that the fish lure has fore and aft chamber sections connected and held together by an attaching means. Disposed on each fore and aft chamber sections are a plurality of buoyancy windows, one set of which will coincidentally overlie the other set of buoyancy windows as the fore chamber section is rotationally moved in regard to the aft chamber section. By changing the rotational placement of the two sections, valve aperture openings are produced that regulate the air to water ratio within the fish lure, thereby controlling its buoyancy. Additional fish attractors, hooks and illuminators can be added to the fishing lure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Inventor: John F. Cramsey
  • Patent number: 6827930
    Abstract: A sport fishing system having: a rod and reel, including fishing line; at least one fishing lure or natural bait; and a controlled released fish attractant for applying to the fishing lure or natural bait. The system may further include an applicator for applying the controlled released fish attractant to the fishing lure or natural bait. In the preferred embodiment, the controlled release fish attractant includes: an attractant and a substantially hydrophobic, film forming release agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Carolina Lunker Sauce, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Stephen Russell Cobb, Michael D. Jacobson, Joseph A. Lupia
  • Publication number: 20040216357
    Abstract: A fish-attractant product that facilitates catching fish includes a body preformed into a predetermined shape from a material dissolvable in water. The body of the product contains an olfactory and/or gustatory fish-attractant material that is releasable in water in which the product is immersed. The product is adapted in use not to be swallowed by a fish and is directly and/or indirectly attachable to a fishing line ahead of a lure or a baitable hook, such that the fish-attractant material during use provides a fish-attracting odor and/or taste through dissolution of the body. The product is a separate component designed to add fish-attractant gradually to the water by positioning it on the fishing line directly in front of the selected lure or the angler's preferred bait. Methods of making and using the product are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: XA Fishing, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph A. Bobrowski
  • Patent number: 6807766
    Abstract: A fishing lure or decoy is provided, the lure having a casement for receiving an electronic insert. The insert is operated by a microcontroller programmed to implement at least one sequence of operation implemented by at least one of a LED light emitter, a vibration-producing device and an audio transducer. An electrical power supply in the insert provides power to the devices and microcontroller, and a pair of externally exposed contacts switches the microcontroller ON when bridged by water containing electrolytes, as would be found in a fishing area. This also produces an electrical field around the lure, this electrical field also serving to simulate living food creatures to entice fish to bite the lure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Inventors: Charles B. Hughes, Emory D. Hughes
  • Patent number: 6796079
    Abstract: A soluble, moving, sound producing bait apparatus and method (10) includes, according to one embodiment of the invention, a water soluble completely biodegradable medium (12). A water soluble reactant (14) is dispersed within medium (12). According to one embodiment, water soluble reactant (14) includes CO2 charged sugar crystals (16). When introduced to water, medium (12) dissolves as do sugar crystals (16). As sugar crystals (16) begin to dissolve, the trapped CO2 escapes at the weakest point creating shattered pieces (18) of sugar crystals (16) and producing an audible sound (20). In addition to the creating sound (20), the reaction of the water soluble reactant (14) with water causes movement (22). According to another embodiment of the invention, a fish attractant (28) is added to medium (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Inventor: J. Scott McCain
  • Publication number: 20040181993
    Abstract: A fishing lure is made with an interior channel communicating with a front opening to and to a pattern of apertures in the rear. The motion of the lure, rising from, and diving into the water, traps an air pocket which is forced out the rear apertures in a stream of bubble which attract fish and other marine life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventor: Patrick Barbary
  • Patent number: 6789349
    Abstract: A fishing lure has an attachment for a fishing line to pull the lure through a body of water to attract and catch fish. One or more hooks are attached to the body of the lure. A refillable chamber enclosed within the lure body is arranged to hold a liquid fish attractant. An elongate wick made of a material that absorbs the liquid attractant is immersed in the liquid in the chamber. One end of the wick extends from the chamber through a passage in the body of the lure to be in communication with the body of water. The liquid attractant is thereby eluted from the end of the wick in very small amounts as the lure is pulled through the water to attract fish to the lure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventor: Charles Stone
  • Patent number: 6779293
    Abstract: A device for dispensing an attractant to lure fish is disclosed. This device is activated by the fisherman incidental to his trolling for fish. The device of this invention comprises a resealable chamber within a hollow body. The chamber provides for containment of fish attractant in the form of a liquid that can be dispensed therefrom only by abrupt movement of the device in response to fisherman directed movement of a line attached to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Inventor: Marc Rice
  • Patent number: 6763631
    Abstract: A fishing lure includes a wire strand having a connector at a first end thereof for connection to a fishing line, and a fish hook at a second end thereof. A flexible tube is mounted on the strand with a first end disposed proximate the connector, and a second end open and disposed proximate the hook. The tube has a hole in a side thereof spaced from the tube second end, the hole being sized and configured for free inflow of water therethrough and into the tube. A sinker is mounted on the strand and is lodged in the first end of the tube to close off the first end of the tube, such that the tube is open only at the hole and the second end. Upon moving of the tube through water, water enters the hole and turbulently exits the tube second end adjacent the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Inventor: Peter B. Santini
  • Publication number: 20040107626
    Abstract: A fish attractant slug which can be easily placed on a fishing line in close proximity to a bait. The slug includes a center bore and an outside surface. The outside surface preferably opens into a spiral groove which connects with the center bore. In order to install the device, the user wraps the fishing line around the spiral groove, then pulls it taut. The tension placed on the fishing line pulls the line inward until it rests within the center bore. In use, the attractant slug slowly dissolves to release the fish attractant it contains. The installation method allows a user to place an attractant slug on the fishing line without untying the bait.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventor: John Timothy Sims
  • Publication number: 20040016172
    Abstract: A fish attractant slug which can be easily placed on a fishing line in close proximity to a bait. The slug includes a center bore and an outside surface. The outside surface opens into a spiral groove which connects with the center bore. In order to install the device, the user wraps the fishing line around the spiral groove, then pulls it taut. The tension placed on the fishing line pulls the line inward until it rests within the center bore. In use, the attractant slug slowly dissolves to release the fish attractant it contains. The installation method means that a replacement attractant slug can be placed on the fishing line without untying the bait.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventor: John Timothy Sims
  • Patent number: 6678992
    Abstract: A soft plastic fishing lure may be made to float by incorporating air bubbles therein by methods and in molds that draw air from inside the molds in which the lures are cast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Knight Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Michael R. Clark
  • Patent number: 6675525
    Abstract: A disposable, buoyant, scented fishing lure is formed of a soft, resilient, economically disposable plastic material, with a hollow chamber formed within the lure body. A fish attractant scent material and flotation element are placed within the lure body chamber. The float may be coated or otherwise treated with the scent material prior to installation within the lure, to install the scent material therein. The chamber, with the scent material and float installed therein, is then hermetically sealed to prevent escape of the scent therefrom. When the lure is to be used, the angler installs a fish hook therein and penetrates the scent and float chamber with the hook. This allows the scent material to be released gradually from the lure through the passages formed by the hook insertion in the lure. Once the scent material has substantially dissipated, the angler may discard the used lure for a fresh one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: James R. Ford
  • Patent number: 6668482
    Abstract: Lures for fish or other sea life having a single dose fluid attractant dispenser associated therewith which includes a generally cylindrical flexible container, preferably constructed of plastic material, and a breakable ampule, preferably constructed of glass, containing a quantity of fluid attractant positioned within the container. One end of the container is provided with a porous plug forming a wick for the fluid attractant when the breakable ampule within the container is broken by squeezing and deforming the container sufficiently to break the ampule. The fishing lure includes a body of any configuration normally used in fishing lures and a structure enabling the dispenser to be supported by the lure. In some embodiments, the fish lure body includes a cavity extending longitudinally into the body from a rearward end thereof to enable insertion of the dispenser. In other embodiments, the dispenser is attached externally of the lure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Louisiana Bucks Unlimited, Inc.
    Inventors: Marshall V. Ruffin, Mabry M. McFarlin
  • Publication number: 20030126785
    Abstract: A scent-dispensing device that dispenses scent while the device is pulled through water comprises a cylinder of uniform diameter with a first end and a second end A piston is movably positioned within the cylinder, such that when the body is pulled through the water, water enters the first end of the cylinder and causes movement of the piston toward the second end of the cylinder. As the piston moves toward the second end of the cylinder, scent is forced through the second aperture and into the ambient environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventor: Michael M. Poinski
  • Patent number: 6588138
    Abstract: A fishing lure consisting of an arched hollow body with an interior bait chamber is provided. The interior chamber is divided into a buoyancy chamber and a bait chamber. A number of small openings are formed in the outer body to enable scent and bait particles to be broadcast from bait stored within the bait chamber as the lure is passed through the water. Access to the bait chamber is further provided by either a hinged cover or by a hinged connection formed in the lure body between the buoyancy chamber and the bait chamber. Access to the bait chamber is restricted while the lure is being passed through the water as a result of the water flow positioning either the cover or the hinged lure body over the opening to the bait chamber. Once removed from the water, access to the bait chamber is readily obtained through movement of either the cover or the hinged lure body for re-supplying bait prior to supplemental use of the lure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Inventor: Mitchell A. Gilbert
  • Patent number: 6557293
    Abstract: A bait-holding lure made of a front element, a rear element spaced-apart from the front element, a cage, defined by spaced-apart front open end and rear open end, the cage arranged between the front element and the rear element, the cage having a hollow interior forming a cavity for retaining a quantity of bait therein, the cage further defined by a perforated, contoured outer wall throughwhich water may flow to carry the taste and scent of the bait into the surrounding water, and a spindle containing a straight portion arranged to pass axially through the cage, a first aperture formed in the front element, and a second aperture formed in the rear elements to hold them in axial alignment, the spindle further including a return bend forming one end of a bent segment spaced-apart from the spindle, the segment containing a bend and a hamulus for connection to the spindle under bias pressure from the return bend to hold the front element, the cage, and the rear element in close assembled formation on the spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Inventor: Ray Klapka
  • Publication number: 20030061756
    Abstract: THE GUN IS DESIGNED TO DROP POISON POWDER ON FIRE ANT/INSECT MOUNDS. THE BAIT OR POISON RESERVIOR (FIG. B) IS FILLED WITH POWDER, THEN REPLACE CAP. (FIG B) THE RESERVIOR SIZE IS 2″ ID. BY 24″ IN LENGTH, HOWEVER THE THE LENGTH CAN VARY IF NEEDED FOR HORSEBACK OR PICKUP TRUCK IN PASTURES. HOLD THE GUN BY THE GRIP (FIG C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventor: Billy C. Lokey
  • Publication number: 20030046856
    Abstract: A bait-holding lure made of a front element, a rear element spaced-apart from the front element, a cage, defined by spaced-apart front open end and rear open end, the cage arranged between the front element and the rear element, the cage having a hollow interior forming a cavity for retaining a quantity of bait therein, the cage further defined by a perforated, contoured outer wall throughwhich water may flow to carry the taste and scent of the bait into the surrounding water, and a spindle containing a straight portion arranged to pass axially through the cage, a first aperture formed in the front element, and a second aperture formed in the rear elements to hold them in axial alignment, the spindle further including a return bend forming one end of a bent segment spaced-apart from the spindle, the segment containing a bend and a hamulus for connection to the spindle under bias pressure from the return bend to hold the front element, the cage, and the rear element in close assembled formation on the spindle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventor: Ray Klapka
  • Publication number: 20030046857
    Abstract: A scented fishing weight having a housing and a porous insert. The housing is comprised of a material having a high specific gravity relative to water, and includes a channel to accommodate a fishing line. The insert can fit within a recess in the housing, and is capable of receiving and dispersing scented fish attractant. In one configuration, an aperture adjacent the porous insert is smaller than the radial dimension of the porous insert such that the insert can be squeezed then passed through the aperture and into the recess, after which the insert expands back to its pre-squeezed radial dimension. In another configuration, the housing is capped off at the end nearest the insert with the end cap in a press-fit arrangement, while in another, the end cap is threadably engageable with the housing to facilitate the exchange of inserts containing different scents, depending on the type of fish the user is attempting to attract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: John E. Paulsen, Mark E. Schneider
  • Publication number: 20030009927
    Abstract: A device for dispensing an attractant to lure fish is disclosed. This device is activated by the fisherman incidental to his trolling for fish. The device of this invention comprises a resealable chamber within a hollow body. The chamber provides for containment of fish attractant in the form of a liquid that can be dispensed therefrom only by abrupt movement of the device in response to fisherman directed movement of a line attached to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventor: Marc Rice
  • Patent number: 6412214
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a fishing lure that comprises a body member comprising a leading end, a tail end, a top side, a bottom side, an outer shell, a passageway, a reservoir, and a ball located within the passageway for controlling the releasal of attractant from the reservoir. The outer shell longitudinally extends from the leading end to the tail end along a longitudinal axis and axially extends concentrically about the longitudinal axis from the top side to the bottom side and encloses a cavity defined therein and has an outer opening along the bottom side. The reservoir and the passageway are located within the cavity and are fluidly connected to each another with the reservoir extending from the top side to the passageway and the passageway extending from the bottom side towards the top side and the tail end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Inventor: John B. Sebastiani
  • Patent number: 6408565
    Abstract: A fish bait device has a substantially three-dimensional front portion having the appearance of at least the head of a given animal, and a substantially three-dimensional rear portion having the appearance of at least the tail or abdomen of the given animal. The front portion is pivotally connected to the rear portion, and together, the front and rear portions form an integral fish bait device which exhibits a realistic appearance and movement of an actual live bait. The front portion generally has a duct that directs a stream of liquid medium toward a deflecting surface on the rear portion. The deflecting surface deflects the stream causing the front and rear portions to swivel, or wiggle, relative to one another in a realistic movement of an actual live bait.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Inventor: Franklin R. Duncan
  • Patent number: 6408566
    Abstract: A floating fishing lure includes a flexible elongated element with an outwardly extending protrusion for slapping against the water. The outwardly extending protrusion slaps against the water as the lure is moved on the top of the water, both on open water as well as on or over weeds, lily pads, and the like. The lure may be segmented or smooth, as desired. Different embodiments of the lure are presented, included different configurations of the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Inventor: Fred Ward, Sr.
  • Patent number: 6393755
    Abstract: A flexible life-like fishing lure having an opening in its main body member and/or appendages to impart movement to the lure. The openings deflect water as the lure is moved generating hydrodynamic pressure waves that help attract the fish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Inventor: Brian Weaver
  • Patent number: 6393756
    Abstract: A fishing lure having disposed therein a needle for puncturing the diaphragm on a tube of fish attractant. The tube of fish attractant has a check-valve at the end opposite the diaphragm. In use, the diaphragm is punctured and the lure is ready for use. A kit of color-coded tubes (vials) of attractant is to be supplied for use with fishing lures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Inventors: Ralph E. Forney, Herbert R. Forney
  • Publication number: 20020053158
    Abstract: A gustatory stimulant component is described that can be molded into soft-bodied lures or mixed into doughbaits, gels, pastes, or viscous liquids. The stimulant contains a mixture of electrolytes that simulate or mimic the electrolytes in natural prey for enhancing the retention time of the bait within the fish mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventor: Keith Jones
  • Patent number: 6357167
    Abstract: A fishing lure apparatus having a changeable skirt has a head having a bore therethrough for passage of a fishing line in a chamber formed therein. An attaching member is attached to the rear of the head. A lure skirt has a slotted skirt sleeve at one end thereof with a plurality of stringers extending therefrom which attaches to a slotted skirt support ring using a slotted clamp. A locking member having a bore therethrough slides on the fishing line and attaches to the head attaching member through the slotted skirt sleeve, slotted skirt supporting ring, and slotted clamp for attaching the skirt to the fishing lure. By loosening the locking member, the skirt attached to the skirt supporting ring with the slotted clamp can be slid off the leader and removed from the lure head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Inventor: Richard N. Bradford
  • Publication number: 20020029509
    Abstract: A method and device is disclosed for scenting a fishing lure. The device includes a body of absorbent material that is suitably fastened or affixed to the lure. Fish scent is applied to the body, which retains the scent and prevents the scent from interfering with the performance of the lure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventor: Jim Hugunin
  • Patent number: 6354037
    Abstract: A fishing lure with an internal bait storage cavity is provided. The fishing lure includes a removable, rigid, plate to securely confine the bait within the lure body cavity, even when subjected to a fish bite. The surrounding water is permitted to immerse the bait within the cavity through smaller holes in the lure body. The lure body is formed and painted to resemble a fish. Eyelets are positioned at both ends of the lure body to enable fishhooks to be attached at either one or both ends of the lure body. A coated wire is positioned axially within the lure body and is coupled at each end to an eyelet to ensure that the hook remains linked to the fishing line in the event the lure body is damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Coppola/Leigh Partnership
    Inventor: William T. Coppola, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6349498
    Abstract: A fishing lure capable of effective use in both casting/trolling and jigging. The fishing lure has connection sites for connecting a fishing line or a hook not only at each of its ends, but also at a location between its ends (preferably, at its top center). Where the lure is used for jigging, the fishing line is connected at the top center connection site and the hook(s) can be connected at either the bottom center connection site or the two end connection sites. By incorporating into the lure different sites along the lure at which lines can be connected to the lure, the lure is adaptable for use in different types of fishing. In addition to this adaptability, the main body of the lure can be selected so as to cause the lure to exhibit desirable patterns of movement through water in order to attract more fish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Inventor: Gary Garratt
  • Patent number: 6346262
    Abstract: Controlled release compositions of matter are disclosed comprising complexes for treating a population of one or more aquatic organisms in a column of water. The complexes comprise at least one system wherein the system comprises at least one bioactive agent as a component selected for treating a population of aquatic organisms, at least one carrier component, and at least one coating component for regulating the controlled release rate and release profile of the bioactive agent in water or at least one bioactive agent and one joint-function component that can serve as both a carrier and coating to regulate the controlled release rate and release profile of the bioactive agent in water, with or without optional binder components and/or additional formulation materials. The components are selected to sink or float so that the complexes will permeate and/or remain in any planar or volumetric segment of a water column for a period of time that is sufficient to effectively treat a population of aquatic organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Lee County Mosquito Control District
    Inventor: Richard Levy
  • Publication number: 20020007582
    Abstract: A fishing lure with an internal bait storage cavity is provided. The fishing lure includes a removable, rigid, plate to securely confine the bait within the lure body cavity, even when subjected to a fish bite. The surrounding water is permitted to immerse the bait within the cavity through smaller holes in the lure body. The lure body is formed and painted to resemble a fish. Eyelets are positioned at both ends of the lure body to enable fishhooks to be attached at either one or both ends of the lure body. A coated wire is positioned axially within the lure body and is coupled at each end to an eyelet to ensure that the hook remains linked to the fishing line in the event the lure body is damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 1999
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventor: WILLIAM T. COPPOLA
  • Patent number: 6337078
    Abstract: Controlled release compositions of matter are disclosed comprising complexes for treating a population of one or more aquatic organisms in a column of water. The complexes comprise at least one system wherein the system comprises at least one bioactive agent as a component selected for treating a population of aquatic organisms, at least one carrier component, and at least one coating component for regulating the controlled release rate and release profile of the bioactive agent in water or at least one bioactive agent and one joint-function component that can serve as both a carrier and coating to regulate the controlled release rate and release profile of the bioactive agent in water, with or without optional binder components and/or additional formulation materials. The components are selected to sink or float so that the complexes will permeate and/or remain in any planar or volumetric segment of a water column for a period of time that is sufficient to effectively treat a population of aquatic organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Lee County Mosquito Control District
    Inventor: Richard Levy
  • Patent number: 6335027
    Abstract: Controlled release compositions of matter are disclosed comprising complexes for treating a population of one or more aquatic organisms in a column of water. The complexes comprise at least one system wherein the system comprises at least one bioactive agent as a component selected for treating a population of aquatic organisms, at least one carrier component, and at least one coating component for regulating the controlled release rate and release profile of the bioactive agent in water or at least one bioactive agent and one joint-function component that can serve as both a carrier and coating to regulate the controlled release rate and release profile of the bioactive agent in water, with or without optional binder components and/or additional formulation materials. The components are selected to sink or float so that the complexes will permeate and/or remain in any planar or volumetric segment of a water column for a period of time that is sufficient to effectively treat a population of aquatic organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Lee County Mosquito Control District
    Inventor: Richard Levy
  • Patent number: 6298595
    Abstract: A washer shaped chum that can be secured to a fishing line that is particularly designed to release scent in a controlled release manner, the controlled release mechanism allows an extension of the time the fish would be attracted to the region surrounding the bait and the hook, said chum being composed essentially of fishmeal, fish oil, an inorganic salt, an organic hydrophobic substrate and a glident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Inventor: Bert J. Friedlob
  • Patent number: 6269586
    Abstract: A gustatory stimulant component is described that can be molded into soft-bodied lures or mixed into doughbaits, gels, pastes, or viscous liquids. The stimulant contains a mixture of electrolytes that simulate or mimic the electrolytes in natural prey for enhancing the retention time of the bait within the fish mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Pure Fishing, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith Jones
  • Patent number: 6266916
    Abstract: A fishing lure molded of flexible, translucent, soft plastic material into an integral unit in the form of a baitfish. Pigments, glitter, scent and flavor additives are mixed with the plastic during manufacture to create realistic visual, smell and taste characteristics. A wide gap offset fish hook is removably attached and substantially hidden in the lure by a hook slot in the lower longitudinal edge of the lure, and by an internal chamber. The internal chamber further serves to allow the body of the lure to collapse when attacked by a fish, exposing the point of the hook, as well as to conceal tube weights, flotation inserts, trap air contributing to the buoyancy and upright positioning of the lure, and to act as a reservoir for liquid fish attractant. The buoyancy and sink rate of the lure can be manipulated by utilizing various combinations of hook sizes, tube weight sizes, and flotation inserts positions into the internal chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Inventor: Randal Scot Dugan
  • Patent number: 6192616
    Abstract: A unitary or one-piece, integral soft bodied plastic fishing lure may be multi-layered and have two or more distinct colors. Soft bodied fishing lures may emit salt flavors directly into the adjacent water that dissolves salt grains exposed at the surface of the lures directly to the water. Methods of making the multi-colored and salt emitting lures by dipping mandrels into molten plastic and supplies of salt grains are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Inventor: Wayne Kent
  • Patent number: 6192617
    Abstract: An electronic fishing lure assembly for attracting fish in all types of water conditions, includes a main body portion having a hollow interior, a plurality of hooks coupled to the main body portion, and a line eye coupled to the main body portion. A scent producing assembly is coupled to the main body portion. A microcontroller is positioned in the hollow interior, the microcontroller being electronically coupled to the scent producing assembly. A switch is coupled to the main body portion, the switch being electrically coupled to the microcontroller for selectively activating the microcontroller. The fishing lure assembly further includes a motion producing assembly and a light source for illuminating the main body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Inventor: Adolph L. Lyles