Fishing Lure Oscillator Tail-Mounted Foil Inversion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current fishing lures, particularly minnow plugs and crankbaits, struggle to simulate the natural swimming motion of a dying minnow due to the placement of motion-activating devices, which are often deflective lips or blades at the front, and lack versatility in producing up and down oscillations, making it difficult to attract fish effectively.
Innovation Solution
A fishing lure oscillator comprising a bent, elliptical water-deflecting foil with pivotal connections at both ends, supported by a framing device that can be attached to various lure types, allowing for adjustable orientations and positions to impart vertical or horizontal oscillations, enhancing the lure's swimming motion and depth control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If deflective lips or blades are placed at the front of the lure, then the lure can be made to swim and dive, but the lure becomes difficult to orient with nose downward and tail upward, inhibiting natural minnow presentation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional placement of motion-activating devices from the front of the lure to the tail end. This reversal allows the lure to be oriented with nose downward and tail upward, enabling natural minnow presentation while maintaining swimming and diving capabilities through the reversed deflector configuration
2Adaptability or versatility
If motion-activating devices are placed at the front of the lure, then the lure can swim, but it cannot produce up and down oscillations resembling a dying minnow
Solution Approach 1:
The patent reverses the placement of motion-activating devices to the tail end, which enables the production of up and down oscillations that resemble a dying minnow. This inversion allows the lure to achieve naturalistic motion patterns while maintaining relatively simple construction
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs movable and adjustable components at the tail end that can be configured to produce different oscillation patterns. The dynamic adjustment capability allows the lure to switch between various swimming motions and oscillation types, enhancing versatility without requiring multiple fixed-configuration lures
3Ease of operation
If a deflector lip is attached to the trailing end of a plug or crankbait, then the lure can swim with nose downward, but the angle of the line makes it difficult to make the lure dive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs adjustable and movable components at the tail end that can be configured to produce different oscillation patterns. The dynamic adjustment capability allows the lure to switch between various swimming motions and oscillation types, enhancing versatility without requiring multiple fixed-configuration lures
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The oscillator provides a versatile and natural swimming motion that mimics a dying minnow, improving fish attraction by allowing adjustable oscillations and depth control, thus overcoming the limitations of existing lure designs and enhancing the effectiveness of fishing lures.
Implementation Method 1
the force of water against the resisting foil causes the foil to pivot within the framing device, thus transferring the resulting oscillation to the lure
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AI summary
A fishing lure oscillator, comprising a bent, oblonged, essentially elliptical foil having relatively uniform thickness. Near one end of the foil, a connection is made to an appendage, and near the opposite end of the foil a connection is made to another appendage. Both appendages, serving as a framing device to support the foil, originate from a common base which is adapted to be joined with a fishing lure. When joined with a lure and pulled through a body of water, an outwardly contoured portion of the foil is disposed directly against the flow of water whereby the force of water against the resisting face of the foil causes the foil to pivot freely within the framing device, thus transferring the resulting oscillation to the lure for the purpose of attracting and catching fish.