Fishing lure construction

Claim 2

An artificial fishing lure adapted to be drawn through water by a fishing line, comprising a main lure body having a generally rounded leading head portion, a fish hook coupled to said lure body, said lure body being a molded metal body molded about the shank portion of the fish hook, a pair of eye assemblies mounted on the head portion for producing a moving eye appearance responsive to inertial and impact forces during movement of the lure through the water; each eye assembly comprising a hollow shell including a circular backing member having an outwardly facing generally flat planar surface of a selected color resembling the sclera portion of an eye, a transparent generally domeshaped lens member having an uninterrupted concave inner surface and joined peripherally to and curving outwardly from the backing member to define an uninterrupted enclosed space therebetween, and a spherical ball of a color contrasting to that of said backing member and freely disposed in said enclosed space, said ball being of smaller diameter than the maximum spacing between the outermost portion of said lens member and backing member to freely roll about in said enclosed space and thereby produce a moving eye appearance responsive to said inertial and impact forces on the lure when drawn through the water.

Claim 3

An artificial fishing lure as defined in claim 1, wherein said lure body is of oval configuration.

Claim 4

An artificial fishing lure as defined in claim 1, including a buck tail formation secured to said body in trailing relation thereto.

Claim 5

An artificial fishing lure adapted to be drawn through water by a fishing line, comprising a main lure body having a generally rounded leading head portion, a fish hook coupled to said lure body, a pair of eye assemblies mounted on the head portion for producing a moving eye appearance responsive to inertial and impact forces during movement of the lure through the water; each eye assembly comprising a hollow shell including a circular backing member having an outwardly facing generally flat planar surface of a selected color resembling the sclera portion of an eye, a transparent generally dome-shaped lens member having an uninterrupted concave inner surface and joined peripherally to and curving outwardly from the backing member to define an uninterrupted enclosed space therebetween and a spherical ball of a color contrasting to that of said backing member and freely disposed in said enclosed space, said ball being of smaller diameter than the maximum spacing between the outermost portion of said lens member and backing member to freely roll about in said enclosed space, thereby producing a moving eye appearance responsive to said inertial and impact forces on the lure when drawn through the water, said lure body having a pair of round eye undercut cavities formed therein, said eye assemblies being respectively seated in said undercut eye cavities with their backing members against a base surface of the associated eye cavity and the perimeter of the eye assembly projecting into the undercut portions of the cavity.

Claim 6

An artificial fishing lure adapted to be drawn through water by a fishing line, comprising a main lure body having a generally rounded leading head portion, a fish hook coupled to said lure body, a pair of eye assemblies mounted on the head portion for producing a moving eye appearance responsive to inertial and impact forces during movement of the lure through the water; each eye assembly comprising a hollow shell including a circular backing member having an outwardly facing generally flat planar surface of a selected color resembling the sclera portion of an eye, a transparent generally dome-shaped lens member having an uninterrupted concave inner surface and joined peripherally to and curving outwardly from the backing member to define an uninterrupted enclosed space therebetween and a spherical ball of a color contrasting to that of said backing member and freely disposed in said enclosed space, said ball being of smaller diameter than the maximum spacing between the outermost portion of said lens member and backing member to freely roll about in said enclosed space, thereby producing a moving eye appearance responsive to said inertial and impact forces on the lure when drawn through the water, said lure body having a pair of round eye undercut cavities formed therein, said eye assemblies being respectively seated in said undercut eye cavities with their backing members against a base surface of the associated eye cavity and the perimeter of the eye assembly projecting into the undercut portions of the cavity.

Claim 7

An artificial fishing lure adapted to be drawn through water by a fishing line, comprising a main lure body having a generally rounded leading head portion, a fish hook coupled to said lure body, a pair of eye assemblies mounted on the head portion for producing a moving eye appearance responsive to inertial and impact forces during movement of the lure through the water; each eye assembly comprising a hollow shell including a circular backing member having an outwardly facing generally flat planar surface of a selected color resembling the sclera portion of an eye, a transparent generally dome-shaped lens having an uninterrupted concave inner surface and joined peripherally to and curving outwardly from the backing member to define an uninterrupted enclosed space therebetween and a spherical ball of a color contrasting to that of said backing member and freely disposed in said enclosed space, said ball being of smaller diameter than the maximum spacing between the outermost postion of said lens member and backing member to freely roll about in said enclosed space, thereby producing a moving eye appearance responsive to said inertial and impact forces on the lure when drawn through the water, said lure body having a pair of round eye cavities formed therein, said circular backing member and dome-shaped lens member being of a semi-rigid character and having complemental annular peripheral flanges nesting one within another when assembled, said eye assemblies being respectively seated in said eye cavities with their backing members against a base surface of the associated eye cavity, the depth of the eye cavities being greater than that of said peripheral flanges when the eye assembly is seated in recessed relation within the eye cavities.

Claim 8

An artificial fishing lure adapted to be drawn through water by a fishing line, comprising a main lure body having a generally rounded leading head portion, a fish hook coupled to said lure body, a pair of eye assemblies mounted on the head portion for producing a moving eye appearance responsive to inertial and impact forces during movement of the lure through the water; each eye assembly comprising a hollow shell including a circular backing member having an outwardly facing generally flat planar surface of a selected color resembling the sclera portion of an eye, a transparent generally dome-shaped lens having an uninterrupted concave inner surface and joined peripherally to and curving outwardly from the backing member to define an uninterrupted enclosed space therebetween and a spherical ball of a color contrasting to that of said backing member and freely disposed in said enclosed space, said ball being of smaller diameter than the maximum spacing between the outermost postion of said lens member and backing member to freely roll about in said enclosed space, thereby producing a moving eye appearance responsive to said inertial and impact forces on the lure when drawn through the water, said lure body having a pair of round eye cavities formed therein, said circular backing member and dome-shaped lens member being of a semi-rigid character and having complemental annular peripheral flanges nesting one within another when assembled, said eye assemblies being respectively seated in said eye cavities with their backing members against a base surface of the associated eye cavity, the depth of the eye cavities being greater than that of said peripheral flanges when the eye assembly is seated in recessed relation within the eye cavities.

Claim 9

An artificial fishing lure as defined in claim 4, wherein said circular backing member and dome-shaped lens member are of a semi-rigid character and have complemental annular peripheral flanges nesting one within another when assembled, the complemental peripheral flanges of the eye assembly projecting complementally into the undercut portions of the cavity, and the depth of the eye cavities being greater than that of the outermost portions of the lens members when is recessed relation in the eye cavities.

Claim 10

An artificial fishing lure as defined in claim 3, wherein said lure body has a pair of round eye cavities formed therein, said circular backing member and dome-shaped lens member being of a semi-rigid character and having complemental annular peripheral flanges nesting one within another when assembled, said eye assemblies being respectively seated in said eye cavities with their backing members against a base surface of the associated eye cavity, the depth of the eye cavities being greater than that of said peripheral flanges when the eye assembly is seated in recessed relation within the eye cavities.

Claim 11

An artificial fishing lure as defined in claim 3, wherein said lure body has a pair of round eye undercut cavities formed therein, said circular backing member and dome-shaped lens member being of a semi-rigid character and having complemental annular peripheral flanges nesting one within another when assembled, said eye assemblies being respectively seated in said eye cavities with their backing members against a base surface of the associated eye cavity and the complemental peripheral flanges of the eye assembly projecting complementally into the undercut portions of the cavity, the depth of the eye cavities being greater than that of the outermost portions of the lens members when in recessed relation in the eye cavities.