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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
May. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeffrey P. Zernov, Brainerd, MN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 8/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 8/500 ;
Abstract
Fishing lures and assemblies that include magnets having pole faces mounted to an axial support to normally repel each other. Lure movement induces axial movement of the magnets and cooperating lure pieces to induce contact and separation and thereby audible sounds. Rattle chambers and/or sound enhancing structures can be provided to amplify created sounds. Magnets of differing shapes are disclosed that are arranged in different lure constructions (e.g. snelled assemblies, crank baits, spoon baits, wire form baits—bottom bouncers and spinner baits, jig lures and bell weights).