Material application to fishing lures possessing temperature sensitive chromaticity vicissitude creating a color changing fishing lure or rubber bait

• US 10,070,635 B2
• Filed: 11/09/2017
• Issued: 09/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: 2028631 Ontario, Inc.
• Original Assignee: 2028631 Ontario, Inc.
• Inventors: Gravelle, Gerald, Nossey, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Ark, Darren W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Barlow, Morgan T
• Application Number:
  US15/808,379
• Publication Number:
  US 20180064081A1
• Time in Patent Office: 306 Days
• Field of Search: 42 2, 42 3, 42 4232, 42 4233, 42 4234, 42 176, 42 42, 43 2, 43 3, 43 4232, 43 4233, 43 4234, 43 176, 43 42
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 85/00 Artificial bait for fishing
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 85/01 with light emission, sound emission, scent dispersal or the like

Abstract

A process where materials are applied to a fishing lure surface, producing a lure that possesses chromatic vicissitude as a result of water temperature fluctuations. A non-thermochromatic base layer of one or more colors is applied to the fishing lure. This layer acts as the visual appearance of the fishing lure in the absence of temperature fluctuations. Clear extender is then used as an additive to the thermochromatic ink. This addition to the ink then allows the ink to be sprayed onto the surface of the lure. This ink-extender amalgam can be applied in multiple layers however the bottom layer must have the least amount of hue saturation. Each layer thereafter would increase in hue saturation. Multiple hue combinations can be utilized. Once the desired number of thermochromatic layers has been applied, an ultra-clear super high gloss lacquer finish is sprayed on to the exterior of all layers.

Claims

1. A fishing lure comprising:

a body in a shape of a fish;

a base layer on a portion of the body, the base layer including non-thermochromatic ink;

a first ink layer provided over at least a portion of the base layer, the first ink layer comprising a first thermochromatic ink, wherein the first thermochromatic ink is provided in at least a gradient pattern, wherein the first thermochromatic ink changes in opacity as the first thermochromatic ink traverses the body, and wherein the first thermochromatic ink is provided on a portion of the body and a remainder of the body is covered with the non-thermochromatic ink; and

one or more markings on the body comprising another non-thermochromatic ink;

wherein the first thermochromatic ink is transparent when the first thermochromatic ink is at a first temperature, and the first thermochromatic ink reveals at least one of the base layer and a second ink layer at the first temperature.

2. The fishing lure of claim 1, wherein the second ink layer is a different color than the first ink layer.

3. The fishing lure of claim 1, wherein the thermochromatic ink is mixed with a clear extender resulting in an ink-extender amalgam.

4. The fishing lure of claim 1, further comprising a top layer of ultra-clear super high gloss lacquer finish.

5. The fishing lure of claim 1, further comprising one or more hooks.

6. The fishing lure of claim 1, wherein the gradient pattern stops between halfway to two-thirds of a way down the body of the lure.

7. The fishing lure of claim 1, wherein the base layer of the fishing lure includes the non-thermochromatic ink in one or more colors.

8. The fishing lure of claim 7, wherein a portion of the base layer is not visible when the first ink layer is in a solid state.

9. The fishing lure of claim 1, wherein each thermochromatic ink layer reacts at a different temperature.

10. The fishing lure of claim 1, wherein, at one of the first temperature and a second temperature, at least one of the first and second ink layers is transparent.

11. The fishing lure of claim 1, wherein, at least one of the first temperature and a second temperature, at least one of the first and second ink layers is opaque.

12. The fishing lure of claim 1, wherein each of the first ink layer and the second ink layer has different hue saturation.

13. A fishing lure comprising:

a fish-shaped body;

a base layer coating on a portion of the body, the base layer comprising a non-thermochromatic ink of a first color;

a plurality of thermochromatic ink layers provided on the base layer, each of the plurality of thermochromatic ink layers being of a different color than the base layer;

at least one of the plurality of thermochromatic ink layers provided in a gradient pattern, the gradient pattern comprising a change in opacity along the body and wherein a first thermochromatic ink layer extends over a portion of the body such that only a portion of the first thermochromatic ink layer provides a color changing effect in response to a temperature change of the body; and

one or more markings on the body in another non-thermochromatic ink.

14. The fishing lure of claim 13, wherein the gradient pattern stops between halfway to two-thirds of a way down the body of the lure.

15. A fishing lure device comprising:

a fish-shaped body;

at least one hook attached to the body;

a base layer coating at least a portion of the body, the base layer comprising a first color non-thermochromatic ink;

a plurality of thermochromatic ink layers provided on at least a portion of the base layer, wherein each of the plurality of thermochromatic ink layers are a different color than the first color;

at least one of the plurality of thermochromatic ink layers provided at least in part in a gradient pattern on the base layer, the gradient pattern changing in opacity along the body and wherein a first thermochromatic ink layer extends over a portion of the body such that only a portion of the first thermochromatic ink layer provides a color changing effect in response to a temperature change of the first thermochromatic ink layer; and

one or more of eyes, mouth lines, gill lines, fin markings and scale markings on the body in another non-thermochromatic ink.