Flow-through fishing lure with movable cage members

摘要

A fishing lure including a head portion and a flow-through appendage cavity portion, the head portion including two first securement surfaces and the cavity portion being securable to the head portion, the cavity portion including a pair of cavity-forming cage members, each cage member including a head-portion-abutting edge, a tail end and a second securement surface engageable with one of the first securement surfaces, at least one of the cage members including openings disposed to permit flow-through of fluid while preventing pass-through of fish-attracting pieces bigger than the openings, the cavity portion further including a hinge or other connector such that the cage members are movable between together and apart positions.

主权项

1. A fishing lure of the type for replaceably enclosing fish-attracting pieces, comprising:
a head portion with an exterior surface and including two first securement surfaces, the head portion having two holes exposed at its exterior surface and each having a circumferential portion forming one of the first securement surfaces; and a flow-through appendage cavity portion securable to the head portion, the cavity portion including:
a pair of cage members together forming a cavity, each cage member including a tail end, a head-portion-abutting edge, and an arm extending from the head-portion-abutting edge into the head portion, the arm including a distal end portion that (a) is configured for outward insertion from inside the head portion into one of the holes for exposure thereof at the exterior surface and (b) has a second securement surface engageable with the corresponding first securement surface, anda hinge joining the cage members, the cage members being movable about the hinge between a shut position forming the cavity for enclosing the fish-attracting pieces and an unshut position wherein the cage members are spread for loading and unloading the fish-attracting pieces, and wherein, when the cage members are in the shut position, the two arms extend toward the head portion, at least one of the cage members including a plurality of openings disposed to permit flow-through of fluid while preventing pass-through of fish-attracting pieces dimensioned greater than each of the openings.