FISH LURE

• US 20120304523A1
• Filed: 12/06/2011
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David Haldin
• Original Assignee: David Haldin
• Inventors: Haldin, David
• Application Number:
  US13/312,970
• Publication Number:
  US 20120304523A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 43/42
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 85/00 Artificial bait for fishing
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 85/14 with flat, or substantially flat, undulating bodies, e.g. spoons

Abstract

A fishing lure is made of a heat-moldable material. A person can warm the lure and then form the lure to have a desired shape. The lure holds its shape after it has cooled. In some embodiments material of the lure body is transparent and the lure includes a sheet of graphics which can be seen when the lure body is observed.

Claims

1. A fish lure comprising a flattened body comprising a thermo-formable material having a transition temperature in the range of 30°

C. to 100°

C. wherein the material is malleable at the transition temperature and holds its shape at temperatures below the transition temperature.

2. A fish lure according to claim 1 wherein the body comprises a sheet of a flexible material sandwiched between two layers of the thermo-formable material.

3. A fish lure according to claim 2 wherein the sheet comprises indicia on first and second major surfaces and the layers of the thermo-formable material are transparent so that the indica can be observed.

4. A fish lure according to claim 3 wherein first and second major surfaces of the sheet comprise a specularly-reflecting material.

5. A fish lure according to claim 4 comprising a first attachment point at one end of the body and a second attachment point at another end of the body.

6. A fish lure according to claim 5 wherein the body tapers in width and thickness towards the first and second ends.

7. A fish lure according to claim 6 wherein the attachment points comprise holes through the body.

8. A fish lure according to claim 1 wherein the body tapers in width and thickness toward first and second ends of the body.

9. A fish lure according to claim 2 wherein first and second major surfaces of the sheet comprise a specularly-reflecting material.

10. A fish lure according to claim 2 wherein the sheet comprises first and second labels adhered to one another.

11. A fish lure according to claim 2 wherein each of the layers of the thermo-formable material has a domed configuration and has rounded edges.

12. A fish lure according to claim 2 wherein the body has a thickness in the range of 1/16 inches to 3/16 inches.

13. A fish lure according to claim 2 wherein the thermo-formable material comprises epoxy resin.

14. A fish lure according to claim 1 wherein the transition temperature is in the range of 35°

C. to 90°

C.

15. A method for preparing a fish lure for use, the method comprising:

warming a body of the fish lure to a temperature above a transition temperature at which the body of the fish lure becomes malleable;

shaping the body of the fish lure by hand to have a desired configuration while the body remains above the transition temperature; and

,

cooling the body of the fish lure to a temperature below the transition temperature such that the body retains the desired configuration.

16. A method according to claim 15 wherein the shaping comprises forming a bend in the body.

17. A method according to claim 15 wherein the shaping comprises forming a hollow in the body.

18. A method according to claim 15 wherein the temperature above the transition temperature is in the range of 30°

C. to 100°

C.

19. A method according to claim 18 wherein warming the body of the fish lure comprises placing the body of the fish lure in warm water.

20. A method for making a fish lure comprising:

providing first and second labels having front sides bearing indicia and rear sides, the first and second labels having shapes that are mirror images of one another;

forming a layer of a self-leveling curable flowable material onto each of the labels and allowing the flowable material to form a domed shape on each of the labels;

allowing the layers of flowable material to cure to provide a layer of thermo-formable transparent material on each of the labels, the thermo-formable material characterized by a transition temperature in the range of 30°

C. to 100°

C. above which the thermo-formable material is malleable; and

,

adhering the backs of the labels to one another.