Title: Apparatus for making weedless elastomeric fishing lure

Abstract: The present fishing lure has a molded elastomeric body with a deep, narrow, longitudinal recess in which the curved hook end of a fishhook is concealed. The present apparatus for making this lure includes an insert for forming this recess which is separate from the molding dies and is removable from the elastomeric body after the latter has been molded. The fishhook may be part of this insert, so as to be molded in place in the lure body, or it may be inserted into the lure body after the latter has been molded. In one embodiment the removable insert forms an inclined passageway for passing water up from the bottom of the lure body into its aformentioned recess to impart a wiggling motion to the lure as it moves through the water.

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Inventors: Zeman, Jack R. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL, US)

Application Number: 921756
Filing Date: 1978-07-03
Publication_date: 1980-04-08
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Primary Class(es): 249/55 43/42.06, 43/42.1, 43/42.39, 43/42.53, 249/142, 264/318, 425/577
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US Patent Ref:

1604274	Oct, 1926	Gammeter	249/63.
3025628	Mar, 1962	Murawski	43/42.
3849053	Nov, 1974	Bruce et al.	249/63.
3968951	Jul, 1976	Zeman	249/55.
4126291	Nov, 1978	Gilbert et al.	249/63.

Other Refs: 2248788

May, 1975	FR

Primary Examiner: Lieberman, Paul
Assistant Examiner: Koeckert, Arthur H.
Attorney: Oltman and Flynn