Predatory Fishing Lure With Integrated Scent Pad and Hinged Tail
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Solution Overview
Problem
Anglers and professional fishermen face difficulties in maintaining the appearance and movement of dead baitfish while trolling, as they often become unsightly and difficult to rig, leading to reduced effectiveness of traditional fishing lures.
Innovation Solution
A predatory fishing lure designed to simulate a wounded baitfish, featuring a realistic lure body with a specific bend and tail, including a hinged mechanism for securing baitfish, scent pad, and weight chamber, which maintains natural movement and attracts prey fish.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If dead baitfish is used for trolling, then the scent attracts predatory fish, but the baitfish becomes unsightly and difficult to maintain
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates an artificial copy of a baitfish that replicates its appearance, scent, and movement characteristics without the deterioration problems of real baitfish. The lure includes a body portion with realistic features, embedded scent materials, and a mechanical tail that flaps to simulate natural movement, providing a reliable alternative that maintains its attractive appearance throughout use.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical state and properties of the baitfish by incorporating flexible materials for the body and tail that maintain their shape and movement characteristics. The tail is designed with specific flexibility parameters to flap naturally in water currents, while the body maintains a realistic appearance that doesn't deteriorate like real baitfish.
2Reliability
If traditional fishing lures are used, then they are simple in design, but they cannot simulate the natural movement of wounded baitfish
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates a dynamic tail portion that can flap and move independently in response to water currents and lure movement. This dynamic element simulates the natural movement of a wounded baitfish fleeing from predators, creating realistic motion that traditional static lures cannot achieve.
Solution Approach 2:
The lure is divided into distinct functional segments: a body portion containing scent materials, a separate tail portion with flap capability, and connection elements. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function independently while contributing to the overall realistic baitfish simulation.
3Reliability
If real baitfish is used, then it provides natural scent and movement, but it requires additional accessories and becomes difficult to rig
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple essential baitfish functions into a single integrated lure unit: the body contains embedded scent materials, the tail provides natural movement simulation, and the overall structure is designed to be attached to fishing line without additional accessories. This merging eliminates the need for separate rubber bands, toothpicks, or other rigging materials.
Solution Approach 2:
The lure is designed to be self-contained and self-sufficient, with all necessary components (body, tail, scent materials) integrated into a single unit that requires no additional accessories for assembly or operation. The lure attaches directly to the fishing line and maintains its functionality throughout use without requiring adjustment or additional materials.
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AI summary
A predatory fishing lure specifically designed to replicate a wounded baitfish by providing a specific bend in both the lure body and/or the tail wherein having the lure head and the fish head configured to secure together to form a cavity to accommodate a baitfish species and/or fish scent, bait chunks and/or other accessories. Moreover, having the second component of a baitfish body strap configured to engage with baitfish species lower body portion to firmly hold the body of the baitfish to the predatory fishing lure. In addition, the fishing leader is threaded through the lure nose, lure body and existing through the caudal fin allowing for the free movement of the lure to slide up the line once a fish is hooked, to not create a wedge or pivot point for the hook to be dislodged from the predatory fish's mouth. A further object is to provide a predatory fishing lure made of a hard polymeric plastic material includes a realistic lure head portion, with gills and realistic fish eyes an outer surface which may contain coloring or textures a caudal fin, dorsal fin, and an anal fin are allowed to protrude continuously in an integrated manner from the lure body and these fins may contain coloring or textures so as to give parallel linear irregularities.