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

• US 20130333272A1
• Filed: 12/09/2011
• Published: 12/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: 2028631 Ontario, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Gerald Gravelle
• Inventors: Gravelle, Gerald, Nossey, Daniel
• Granted Patent: US 9,113,618 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 43/42.32
• 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

The process by which materials are applied to a plastic fishing lure surface, thus producing a lure that possesses chromatic vicissitude as a result of water temperature fluctuations. At the onset of this process, a non-thermochromatic base layer of one or more colours 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 plastic fishing lure having materials applied to it in such a manner that result in temperature sensitive chromatic vicissitude and design required exactitude and realism.

2. The fishing lure of claim 1 wherein a base or ‘

primer’

layer of non-thermochromatic coating is applied to the plastic body of the fishing lure in preparation for the application and bonding of a thermochromatic ink layer.

3. The thermochromatic ink of claim 2 is mixed with a clear extender resulting in an ink-extender amalgam.

4. The ink-extender amalgam of claim 3 is then applied to the fishing lure of claim 1 in a sprayed on gradient on top of the bonding layer of claim 2. This layer enables thermochromatic sensitivity to water temperature variations and provides the optic achievement of fish prey realism.

5. The ink-extender amalgam of claim 3 is applied in one or more layers with the bottom layer being of least amount of hue saturation and each additional layer increasing with hue saturation. Each layer possessing a different temperature sensitivity.

6. Upon completion of the layers of claim 5, the fishing lure of claim 1 has a final layer of ultra clear super high gloss lacquer finish sprayed upon it.