Artificial fishing lure

Claim 2

An artificial fishing lure comprising: an elongate hook having a shank with an eye at one end and a barbed portion at the other end, said hook shank being abruptly bent near said eye; two complementary lure body halves, each having abutting faces with attaching means thereon coengageable with complementary attaching means on the other body half for securing the body halves together to form a lure body; L-shaped groove means formed in the abutting faces of the body halves to receive the abrupt bend in the hook shank when said body halves are attached to each other about said hook shank, said body having a body cavity formed therein; and rattler means loosely carried in said body cavity whereby when said lure body is manipulated in water said rattler means repeatedly collides with the walls of said cavity to produce a rattling noise.

Claim 3

The lure of claim 1 wherein said rattlEr means is a plurality of sphere-like pellets.

Claim 4

The lure of claim 1, wherein the body is provided with means for retaining artificial bait on the lure.

Claim 5

The lure of claim 1 wherein said body is formed with a rearwardly extending projection having an enlargement near its outer end forming an abrupt forwardly facing shoulder for retaining artificial bait telescoped thereover and engaged with said shoulder of said enlargement.

Claim 6

The lure of claim 4 in combination with an artificial worm having a portion of its body engaged about said hook shaft.

Claim 7

A lure of the character set forth in claim 1 wherein the lure body is formed of a hard plastic material.

Claim 8

A lure of the character set forth in claim 6 wherein the rattler means comprise metallic spheres substantially smaller than the cavity in the body.

Claim 9

An artificial fishing lure comprising: an elongate hook having a shank with an eye at one end and a barbed portion at the other end, said hook shank being abruptly bent near said eye; a lure body mounted on the hook with the abruptly bent portion of said hook shank secured in said body; said body having a body cavity formed therein; rattler means loosely carried in said body cavity whereby when said lure body is manipulated in water said rattler means repeatedly collides with the walls of said cavity to produce a rattling noise; and a weight member secured on the shank of the hook abutting the lure body ahead of the barbed end of the hook for causing the lure body to sink in the water.

Claim 10

An artificial fishing lure comprising: an elongate hook having a shank with an eye at one end and a barbed portion at the other end, said hook shank being abruptly bent near said eye; a lure body mounted on the hook with the abruptly bent portion of said hook shank secured in said body; said body having a body cavity formed therein; rattler means loosely carried in said body cavity whereby when said lure body is manipulated in water said rattler means repeatedly collides with the walls of said cavity to produce a rattling noise; and a weight member secured on the shank of the hook abutting the lure body ahead of the barbed end of the hook for causing the lure body to sink in the water.

Claim 11

A lure of the character set forth in claim 8 wherein the weight member is provided with retaining means on the end thereof opposite the lure body for securing artificial bait on the lure.

Claim 12

An artificial fishing lure comprising: an elongate hook having a shank with an eye at one end and a barbed portion at the other end, said hook shank being abruptly bent near said eye; a lure body mounted on the hook with the abruptly bent portion of said hook shank secured in said body; said body being formed of hard plastic in two complementary substantially cylindrical body halves, each having substantially planar mating abutting faces with opposed complementary pin and socket members on said abutting faces disposed to be coengageable for securing the body halves together; complementary L-shaped groove means formed in the abutting faces of the body halves forming an L-shaped groove in said body to receive the abrupt bend portion of the hook shank near the hook eye when said body halves are secured to each other about said hook shank; said body having an arcuate cavity formed therein by mating complementary arcuate recess portions formed in the abutting faces of the body halves spaced from said L-shaped groove, whereby said recess is separated from said L-shaped groove and when the halves are secured together said recess is sealed off from said groove; adhesive means on the abutting faces of said body halves securing said halves together; and rattler means comprising one or more pellets loosely carried in said body cavity whereby when said lure body is manipulated in water said rattler means repeatedly collides with the walls of said cavity to produce a rattling noise.

Claim 13

An artificial fishing lure comprising: an elongate hook having a shank with an eye at one end and a barbed portion at the other end, said hook shank being abruptly bent near said eye; a lure body mounted on the hook with the abruptly bent portion of said hook shank secured in said body; said body being formed of hard plastic in two complementary substantially cylindrical body halves, each having substantially planar mating abutting faces with opposed complementary pin and socket members on said abutting faces disposed to be coengageable for securing the body halves together; complementary L-shaped groove means formed in the abutting faces of the body halves forming an L-shaped groove in said body to receive the abrupt bend portion of the hook shank near the hook eye when said body halves are secured to each other about said hook shank; said body having an arcuate cavity formed therein by mating complementary arcuate recess portions formed in the abutting faces of the body halves spaced from said L-shaped groove, whereby said recess is separated from said L-shaped groove and when the halves are secured together said recess is sealed off from said groove; adhesive means on the abutting faces of said body halves securing said halves together; and rattler means comprising one or more pellets loosely carried in said body cavity whereby when said lure body is manipulated in water said rattler means repeatedly collides with the walls of said cavity to produce a rattling noise.