Flexible Fishing Lure With Interchangeable Fins and Internal Channels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fishing lures lack the ability to effectively mimic a wounded bait animal, fail to adapt to different fishing conditions without replacing the lure body, and do not efficiently utilize scent, light, sound, weight, and color to attract game fish.
Innovation Solution
A flexible fishing lure system with interchangeable fin members, internal channels for scent, light, and sound inserts, and a design that simulates a wounded bait animal with rib-like grooves for wobble movement, featuring a rattle-type sound generating member and adaptable features to attract specific predator species.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fishing lure uses a fixed structure to mimic bait, then it maintains simple construction, but it cannot adapt to different fishing conditions or effectively simulate wounded bait
Solution Approach 1:
The lure is divided into modular components including a body, interchangeable fins, and separate attractant elements. This segmentation allows anglers to swap fins for different swimming patterns and attach various attractants without replacing the entire lure, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The lure body is designed as a universal platform that can accommodate multiple fin types, scent inserts, light inserts, and sound inserts. This multi-functionality enables a single lure to perform various fishing functions across different conditions without requiring multiple specialized lures.
2Shape
If a fishing lure uses uniform material construction, then it maintains simple manufacturing, but it cannot create wobble movement or simulate wounded bait appearance
Solution Approach 1:
The lure body incorporates localized variations in material properties, with softer regions near the tail for enhanced wobble and rib-like grooves in specific areas to create turbulence. These localized modifications are achieved through injection molding techniques that add minimal manufacturing complexity while significantly improving lure action and wounded bait simulation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a fishing lure lacks interchangeable components, then it maintains simple structure, but it cannot effectively attract specific predator species under varying conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The lure system incorporates interchangeable fins that can be swapped to change the lure's swimming dynamics and action. Different fin configurations create varying tail beats and body undulations that appeal to different predator species, providing dynamic adaptability without permanent structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Interchangeable scent inserts, light inserts, and sound inserts act as intermediaries between the lure body and predator species. These mediator elements can be selected and attached based on target species preferences, enabling the lure to effectively attract specific predators without redesigning the entire lure system.
4Adaptability or versatility
If a fishing lure uses static attractant delivery, then it maintains simple construction, but it cannot effectively use scent, light, and sound to enhance fish attraction
Solution Approach 1:
The attractant system uses nested inserts where scent sticks, light-emitting elements, and sound-generating components are housed within removable cartridges that fit inside the lure body. This nested structure allows multiple attractant types to be integrated without adding external complexity, as each insert is self-contained and interchangeable.
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AI summary
A flexible fishing lure is provided that includes a outer shape having a transverse opening for receiving a plurality of alternatively formed lure fin members allowing a user to change the action of a lure by fin selection without replacing the lure. Multiple internal channels within the lure are adaptively provided for receiving a variety of scent sticks, sound generators, light generators, flavor generating means. Flow internal channels extend from a front opening to gill openings allowing a water flow along an inserted scent or flavor stick member to pass through the lure body and exit proximate fin, nair, belly, or other locations simulating an injured or wounded fish leaking bodily fluids or blood. Other features to simulate wounded features. Replacement fins and weighting constructions allow a user to tailor a weight and action enabling a circling or injured motion during retrieval. The lure includes a flexible holographic-type attractive film and physical shape having a level-maintaining physical shape.