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

• US 9,814,222 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2016
• Issued: 11/14/2017
• 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): Burgess, Marc
• Assistant Examiner(s): Barlow, Morgan T
• Application Number:
  US15/370,241
• Publication Number:
  US 20170079255A1
• Time in Patent Office: 343 Days
• Field of Search: 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 plastic 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 plastic 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;

a base layer on the body 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 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 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 third ink layer comprising another thermochromatic ink.

5. The fishing lure of claim 4, wherein the first thermochromatic ink layer has a lesser amount of hue saturation than each additional subsequent layer, and each of the thermochromatic ink layers, and each layer has a different temperature sensitivity.

6. The fishing lure of claim 4, wherein each thermochromatic ink layer reacts at a different temperature.

7. The fishing lure of claim 4, wherein each thermochromatic ink layer reacts at a different temperature than an underlying ink layer.

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

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

10. 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.

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

12. The fishing lure of claim 11, wherein a portion of the base layer is not visible when the first ink layer is solid.

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

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

15. The fishing lure of claim 1, wherein the base layer including the non-thermochromatic ink is at least partially covered with additional layers of thermochromatic ink of different colors.

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

17. A fishing lure comprising:

a body;

a base layer coating 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 in another non-thermochromatic ink.

18. The fishing lure of claim 17, wherein the gradient pattern stops between halfway to two-thirds of a way down the body of the lure.

19. The fishing lure of claim 18, wherein the base layer including the non-thermochromatic ink is at least partially covered with an additional plurality of thermochromatic ink layers of different colors.

20. A fishing lure device comprising:

at least one hook;

a body attached to the at least one hook;

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 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 in another non-thermochromatic ink.