FISHING LURE RESEMBLING A SHRIMP

摘要

A fishing lure having an internal cavity for containing a hook and a weight attached to the hook such that the weight is coupled to the hook closer to a throat of the hook than to a line receiving portion of the hook. The combined hook and weight resist being pulled through a shank containing region of lure. The weight may be positioned in a midsection of the lure enabling the lure to maintain a relatively level attitude in the water while being pulled through the water.

主权项

1. A fishing lure resembling a shrimp, comprising:
an elongated body configured to resemble a shrimp and having at least one hook receiving cavity in a midsection of the body, a head, a tail, and a plurality of legs extending from the head; wherein the hook receiving cavity is defined by a first laterally extending sidewall, extending in a direction from the head towards the tail, forming part of a first side of the elongated body of the lure and a second laterally extending sidewall, extending in a direction from the head towards the tail, forming part of a second side of the elongated body of the lure, wherein an outer surface of the first sidewall faces in a opposite direction from an outer surface of the second sidewall; wherein the hook receiving cavity is further defined by a bottomwall extending in a direction from head to tail; wherein the hook receiving cavity includes bottom-facing, elongated opening at least partially in the midsection of the body, wherein the bottom-facing, elongated opening extends from a rearward edge of the bottomwall defining a portion of the hook receiving cavity to tailwardmost point of the bottom-facing, elongated opening; a hook having a weight coupled to the hook along a shank of the hook such that the weight is positioned along at least a portion of the shank of the hook; wherein the hook is positioned in the at least one hook receiving cavity such that at least a portion of the weight contacts inner surfaces of the at least one hook receiving cavity thereby resisting the hook from being pulled from the body when the hook is pulled at a line receiving portion of the hook; wherein the weight coupled to the hook is positioned in the at least one hook receiving cavity in the body such that a portion of the hook receiving cavity remains unfilled when the weight is positioned within the hook receiving cavity; and wherein a forward endwall forming a portion of the at least one hook receiving cavity prevents the weight from being pulled into the body toward the head of the lure.