Weedless lure
A simplified spoon bait design with an elastic retainer holds the hook in a cocked state, addressing complexity and assembly time issues, achieving faster and snag-resistant hook attachment.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- RU · RU
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- KRASNOV EVGENIJ SERGEEVICH
- Filing Date
- 2025-12-11
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-07
AI Technical Summary
Existing fishing lures with spring elements for holding hooks in a cocked state are complex and require time-consuming assembly.
A simplified design for a spoon bait that uses an elastic retainer to hold the hook in a cocked position without a spring element, allowing for faster attachment to the spoon body.
The simplified design reduces assembly time by three times compared to existing designs, ensuring the hook remains securely in place during casting and protects against snags.
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Abstract
Description
[0001] The claimed solution relates to fishing equipment, in particular to equipment for catching predatory fish.
[0002] The closest analogue of the claimed solution can be considered to be patent RU 2748708 C1 "NON-SNAG SPOON (variants)", containing a petal-type body in the form of a plate, slightly concave in the central part, and a hook longitudinally mounted on the concave side, while the body has a point hole and a through pry hole through which the sting with the barb of the hook enters the convex side, the hook is fixed on the body with the end of the shank through a spring element aimed at spreading the hook and the body.
[0003] The disadvantage of this analogue is the complexity of the design, which includes a spring element to hold the hook in the cocked state, and the nodes for fixing it on the hook and on the body of the spoon, which requires time when mounted (RU 2748708 C1, https: / / new.fips.ru / ).
[0004] Disclosure of invention
[0005] The objectives of the stated solution are to develop a simple design of a spoon that would keep the hook in a cocked state without a spring element, while also reducing the time required to mount the hook on the body of the spoon.
[0006] The declared spoon bait of Fig. 1-3 includes, like its analogue, a body (1) and a hook (2).
[0007] The hook (2) has a head with a through hole (2.1), at least one shank (2.2), a hook (2.3), including the back of the head, forehead, sting, and barb, while the shank of the hook closer to the eye has an L-shaped bend (2.4) Fig. 2.
[0008] The body (1) of the petal type, like the analogue, is made in the form of a plate slightly concave in the central part of Figs. 1-3 and has a concave side - the back of Fig. 1 and a convex side - the face of Fig. 3. The body (1) at one end has a through hole of the eye (1.3) of Fig. 1, by which the spoon is attached to the fishing line, by direct fastening or through additional elements, for example, a fastening element (4), and at the opposite end it has a point hole (1.1), for placing the point of the hook sting in it and a hook opening (1.2), through which the hook hook (2) passes when pressing the hook (2) of Fig. 2.
[0009] The hook (2) is mounted on the body (1) in the following manner. The head (2.1) of the hook is located on the front side of the body so that the through hole of the head (2.1) of the hook is coaxial with the hole (1.3) of the eye of the body (1), and a fishing line or fastening element (4) passes through both holes, the head of the hook (2) and the eye of the body are fastened so as to be able to move with an elastic retainer (3). The L-shaped bend (2.4) of the shank (2.2) of the hook (1) passes through the running hole (1.4), while the shank (2.2) and the barb (2.3) are located on the back, i.e. concave side of the body (1), and the sting with the barb comes out on the front, i.e. convex side. Fig. 2, while the sting goes onto the front, i.e. convex side, due to which the hook (2) is held within the frame of the body (1) by its part, between the hole (1.2), (1.1) Fig. 2, 3.
[0010] In a particular case, in all design variants, the sharp hole can be made in the form of a slot extending from the edge of the housing.
[0011] In another particular case, in all design variants, the sharp hole can be made in the form of a recess, i.e. not through.
[0012] In the special case of the double hook version, the sharp hole can follow the contour of the hook, or have a more open shape.
[0013] As a result, the declared weedless spoon has a simple design, minimal clutter, and the hook stays cocked. Moreover, the minimalist design with a minimum number of components reduces the speed of hook attachment to the spoon body.
[0014] It should be noted that all images shown in the figures in the appendix are of a private nature of execution; in reality, the spinner and its components may have a different shape, size, and ratio of structural elements.
[0015] Brief description of drawings:
[0016] Fig. 1 - schematic representation of a weedless spoon, view from below (from the hook side);
[0017] Fig. 2 - schematic representation of a weedless spoon, side view;
[0018] Fig. 3 - schematic representation of a weedless spoon, top view;
[0019] Brief description of design elements:
[0020] 1 - body;
[0021] 1.1- point hole;
[0022] 1.2 - pry hole;
[0023] 1.3 - eye hole;
[0024] 1.4 - running hole;
[0025] 2 - hook;
[0026] 2.1 - head;
[0027] 2.2 - forend;
[0028] 2.3 - pry;
[0029] 2.4 - L-shaped bend;
[0030] 3 - retainer;
[0031] 4 - fastener;
[0032] ↑ - pressure direction.
[0033] Using the stated solution
[0034] The declared weedless spoon bait with one fig. 1-3 or two hooks (not shown in the figures) is secured to the fishing line: through the hole in the eye (1.3) and the hole in the head (2.1) of the hook, or through the fastening element (4), and cast into the reservoir. When the fish “grabs” the spoon with its mouth, the hook (2) (single or double) under the pressure force (I) freely passes into the hook hole (1.2), the fore-end (2.2) at the place of the L-shaped bend rises into the running hole (1.4), the lock (3) and the fishing line (not shown in the figures) or the fastening element (4) hold the head of the hook (2) within the eye of the body (1), the tip of the sting comes out of the hole (1.1) together with the barb, and the fish is hooked on the hook (2), even with a diagonal grip.
[0035] If, when casting into a body of water, the declared weedless spoon hits a hard element, such as the bottom, a stone, a snag, a log, etc., the lock (3) returns the hook (2) to its original cocked position when the sting with the point and barb are in a position protected from snags, the spoon is waiting for a bite.
[0036] The assembly of the spoon is carried out as follows.
[0037] The hook (2) with a head with a through hole (2.1), at least one shank (2.2), a hook face (2.3) including the back of the head, the forehead, the point, and the barb, and with an L-shaped bend of the shank closer to the head of Fig. 2, the head (2.1) is passed from the front side of the body (1) through the hook face opening (1.2) to the back side of the body (1). Then, from the back side of the body (1), the head (2.1) is passed through the running hole (1.4) to the front side, so that the hole in the head of the hook becomes coaxial with the hole in the eye (1.3) of the body (1), and the point on the front side enters the point hole (1.1). Next, the head (2.1) of the hook (1) is pressed against the eye of the body (1) with an elastic retainer (3), and the fastening element is passed through the holes in the head of the hook and the eye of the body.
[0038] As part of the claimed solution, an experiment was conducted to mount a hook on a spoon body to produce a weedless spoon from patent RU 2748708 C1 and a weedless spoon according to the claimed design. The experiment showed that the average hook mounting speed for the spoon according to patent RU 2748708 C1 was 21:92 seconds, while for the claimed solution, it was 7:54 seconds. Therefore, the hook mounting time for the spoon according to the claimed solution is three times shorter than that of a similar design.
Claims
1. A weedless spoon bait comprising a hook and a body made of a plate with an eye and a concave central portion, the body having a running hole, a point hole and a through hook hole, the hook has a head with a through hole and an L-shaped bend of the shank made closer to the head, the head of the hook is located on the convex side of the body, while the holes of the head of the hook and the eye of the body are located coaxially and a fishing line or a fastener passes through them, the head of the hook and the eye of the body are fastened so as to be able to move with an elastic retainer, the L-shaped bend of the shank of the hook passes through the running hole, the shank and the hook hook are located along the concave side of the body, and the sting comes out through the hook hole on the convex side of the body, while in the cocked position the tip of the sting of the hook enters the point hole.
2. A spoon bait according to paragraph 1, characterized in that the opening under the spoon is made in the form of a slot extending from the edge of the body.
3. A spoon bait according to claim 1, characterized in that the tip hole is made in the form of a recess.
4. A spoon bait according to paragraph 1, characterized in that the hook is double.
5. A spoon bait according to item 4, characterized in that the tip hole follows the contour of the hook.