Fish Hook Shank Rattle Embedding for Soft Bait Integrity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fish hooks equipped with rattles often compromise the ability to securely attach a variety of baits, particularly soft plastics, due to increased hook diameter, leading to bait damage and limited reuse, as well as increased complexity and expense.
Innovation Solution
A fish hook design with a rattle portion embedded within the shank, which maintains a streamlined profile, allowing for secure attachment and reuse of soft plastic lures without damage, by incorporating a watertight chamber with a metal cylinder rattle that moves to produce noise, reducing the need for external weights and minimizing bait modification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-generated harmful factors
If a rattle is attached to the hook shank, then audible sound attraction to fish is improved, but the hook diameter increases causing bait attachment problems
Solution Approach 1:
The rattle chamber is nested within the hollow shank of the hook, allowing the rattle mechanism to be contained inside the existing hook structure. This nesting approach maintains the external hook dimensions while incorporating the sound-producing mechanism, thereby preserving bait attachment capability while achieving audible sound attraction.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from external rattle attachment (adding volume externally) to internal rattle placement (utilizing internal hollow space). By moving the rattle from an external addition to an internal component, the hook's external dimensions remain unchanged, preserving compatibility with various bait types.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If a rattle is attached to the hook, then fish attraction through noise is improved, but bait damage and loss increase
Solution Approach 1:
By nesting the rattle chamber within the hook shank, the bait can be threaded through the hook as normal without encountering external protrusions. The rattle mechanism is completely enclosed within the hollow shank, allowing soft plastic lures to pass through and be secured without damage to the bait material.
3Adaptability or versatility
If strategic add-on devices are attached to the hook, then fishing functionality is improved, but device complexity and expense increase
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges multiple functions into a single integrated structure: the hook shank provides both the traditional hook function and houses the rattle chamber. The hollow shank serves dual purposes as both the structural element for bait attachment and the containment vessel for the rattle mechanism, eliminating the need for separate external rattle attachments.
Solution Approach 2:
The hollow shank structure serves multiple functions: it provides the traditional hook structure for bait attachment, contains the rattle chamber for sound production, and maintains a streamlined profile for various bait types. This multi-functional design reduces the need for multiple separate components.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the use of a wide range of baits, including soft plastics, without damage, while providing an effective auditory attraction to fish, reducing complexity and expense, and minimizing environmental impact from snagged lines.
Implementation Method 1
a rattle portion (15) embedded within the shank (21) of the hook in such a manner as to maintain a streamlined profile... incorporating a watertight chamber with a metal cylinder rattle that moves to produce noise
Implementation Method 2
Water is an excellent sound conductor. Fish are attracted to the noise.
Data Source
AI summary
A fish hook design for providing sound, the audible sound device integrated to the shank portion. A user can sleeve bait over the shank portion, including the sound device. The user uses the hook as normal with the production of sound by the audible sound device.