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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
May. 17, 2001
Scott Wilson, Deland, FL (US);
NGC Worldwide Inc., Fairfield, CT (US);
Abstract
A fishing lure includes a plurality of substantially rigid, preferably plastic body sections including a head section, a tail section, and three central body sections, decreasing in size from the head to the tail, therebetween. Each section behind the head section includes a hinge portion, and each section in front of the tail section includes a cavity, and each hinge portion is snap fit into the cavity of an adjacent section to form a hinge assembly having a pivot axis inside the respective cavity. The hinge assemblies are together adapted to permit different degrees of relative movement of selected adjacent sections to more closely simulate the movement of a live bait fish, and particularly produce fluid tail end movement, as the lure is being pulled through water. Various embodiments are provided.