CA1125507A - Trolling bait shifting colour - Google Patents
Trolling bait shifting colourInfo
- Publication number
- CA1125507A CA1125507A CA329,093A CA329093A CA1125507A CA 1125507 A CA1125507 A CA 1125507A CA 329093 A CA329093 A CA 329093A CA 1125507 A CA1125507 A CA 1125507A
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- CA
- Canada
- Prior art keywords
- indentations
- bait
- colour
- exterior surface
- trolling
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired
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- 239000012780 transparent material Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 4
- 238000007373 indentation Methods 0.000 claims description 11
- 241000251468 Actinopterygii Species 0.000 abstract description 3
- 239000002184 metal Substances 0.000 abstract 1
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000003643 water by type Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000011521 glass Substances 0.000 description 1
Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A01K85/00—Artificial bait for fishing
- A01K85/10—Artificial bait for fishing with at least one flat rotating body having its axis of rotation substantially non-coincident with the longitudinal axis of the body, e.g. spinners
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A01K85/00—Artificial bait for fishing
- A01K85/14—Artificial bait for fishing with flat, or substantially flat, undulating bodies, e.g. spoons
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A01K85/00—Artificial bait for fishing
- A01K85/16—Artificial bait for fishing with other than flat, or substantially flat, undulating bodies, e.g. plugs
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- Biodiversity & Conservation Biology (AREA)
- Supports Or Holders For Household Use (AREA)
- Catching Or Destruction (AREA)
Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
An artificial trolling bait, such as a wiggler, spinner, spoon or ice-fishing bait, made of transparent material is provided with a colour shifting property to enhance its fish attracting qualities. A colour-imparting object such as coloured paper, metal, and the like is placed between or behind an array of prisms mounted in-teriorly of the bait. The prisms are positioned at various predetermined angles and in various configurations to improve the colour shifting property.
An artificial trolling bait, such as a wiggler, spinner, spoon or ice-fishing bait, made of transparent material is provided with a colour shifting property to enhance its fish attracting qualities. A colour-imparting object such as coloured paper, metal, and the like is placed between or behind an array of prisms mounted in-teriorly of the bait. The prisms are positioned at various predetermined angles and in various configurations to improve the colour shifting property.
Description
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The present invention relates to a colour-shifting trolling bait, such as a wiggler, spinner, spoon or ice-fishing bait, made of plastic, glass or an equivalent material and, more particularly, to such a bait in which the colour shifting property has been achieved using prisms and a coloured object.
Various kinds of trolling baits of the foregoing type, utilizing the light reflection phenomenon, are known.
Some examples thereof are those baits disclosed inFinnish Patent No. 43,246 and in U,S~ Patents No. 3,631,625 and 3,879,883, although these baits are encumbered by the draw-back of a poor reflection effect in obscure and murky waters and particularly under dark conditions.
The principal object of the present invention is to eliminate the disadvantages of the prior art, thereby improving the fish attracting qualities of my bait even under unfavourable conditions.
The problems of the prior art may be substantially overcome and the foregoing object achieved by recourse to my invention which is a trolling bait having colour-shifting properties comprised by, a body of transparent material having walls defining a closed cavity therein and defining an exterior surface and an interior surface of the body, a major portion of the exterior surface of the body being smoothly contoured and free of light reflecting surface in-dentations or excressences, an object having a selected colour positioned within the cavity and spaced from the in-terior surface of the body, and light reflecting members formed in the interior surface of the body and which are defined by prismatic indentations, the prismatic indentations S5V7' being arranged in separate groups with tneir axis of reflection substantially perpendi¢ular to the adjacent mutually presented exterior surface of the body, the in-dentations of each group being arranged at an angle which differs from the angle of the indentations of each other group.
The invention will now be more particularly de~
scribed with reference to embodiments thereof shown, by way of example, in the accompanying drawings in which:
Fig. 1 is a side view of a spinner embodying the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a side view of a spoon bait embodying the present invention;
Fig. 3 is a side view of a wiggling type lure embodying the present invention;
Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the lure of Fig. 3;
and Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the lure of Fig. 3 taken along the line A-A.
In the embodiments depicted in Figs. 1 and 2, a plurality of light-refracting prisms 2 have been affixed to '~ an exterior surface lof thebait. The prisms 2 may be of various sizes and are fitted at various predetermined angles and in various predetermined configurations in order to enhance and change a colour-shifting action of the bait.
In Figs. 3-5 of the drawing there is shown an al-ternative form of trolling bait having colour-shifting pro-perties, the trolling bait being comprised by a body of a transparent material having walls which define a closed cavity within the body, the walls defining exterior and interior ., ~ - 2 -,, ;
l~S5~7 surfaces of the body.
As is more clearly shown in Fig. ~, the exterior surface of the body is smoothly contoured and free of light reflecting surface indentations or excressences. Also, as shown more clearly in Fig. 5 of the drawings, an object 4 having a selected colour is positioned within the cavity and is disposed in spaced relation with the interior surface of the body.
While the exterior surface of the body is smoothly 1~ contoured and free of liyht reflecting surface indentations or excressences, the interior surface thereof has formed there-in a plurality of separate groups of light reflecting members, which are arranged with the axis of reflection of the respec-tive light reflecting members substantially perpendicular to the adjacent mutually presented exterior surface of the body.
In this way, depending upon the angle at which the trolling bait is viewed, either the light reflecting members serve to reflect incident light in the event that viewing is substan-tially along the axis of reflection of the indentations, or, in the event that the viewing is at an angle to the axis of reflection, the coloured object position within the trolling bait will then become visible, thus imparting a colour shift between that of the transparent body material and the colour of the coloured object contained within the body.
In order to enhance the fish attracting qualities of the aforesaid wiggling type lure, even under unfavourable conditions, i.e., at dusk, in darkness and in turbid waters, the lure is fitted in a cavity 3 with either an incandescent lamp (not shown), a phosphorescent ob~ect, or equivalent light source.
55~7 It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the described embodiments of the invention may be sub-stantially varied to meet specialized requirements without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention dis-closed. These embodiments should not, therefore, be taken as limiting but rather as exemplary structures of the in-vention which is defined by the claims appended hereto.
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The present invention relates to a colour-shifting trolling bait, such as a wiggler, spinner, spoon or ice-fishing bait, made of plastic, glass or an equivalent material and, more particularly, to such a bait in which the colour shifting property has been achieved using prisms and a coloured object.
Various kinds of trolling baits of the foregoing type, utilizing the light reflection phenomenon, are known.
Some examples thereof are those baits disclosed inFinnish Patent No. 43,246 and in U,S~ Patents No. 3,631,625 and 3,879,883, although these baits are encumbered by the draw-back of a poor reflection effect in obscure and murky waters and particularly under dark conditions.
The principal object of the present invention is to eliminate the disadvantages of the prior art, thereby improving the fish attracting qualities of my bait even under unfavourable conditions.
The problems of the prior art may be substantially overcome and the foregoing object achieved by recourse to my invention which is a trolling bait having colour-shifting properties comprised by, a body of transparent material having walls defining a closed cavity therein and defining an exterior surface and an interior surface of the body, a major portion of the exterior surface of the body being smoothly contoured and free of light reflecting surface in-dentations or excressences, an object having a selected colour positioned within the cavity and spaced from the in-terior surface of the body, and light reflecting members formed in the interior surface of the body and which are defined by prismatic indentations, the prismatic indentations S5V7' being arranged in separate groups with tneir axis of reflection substantially perpendi¢ular to the adjacent mutually presented exterior surface of the body, the in-dentations of each group being arranged at an angle which differs from the angle of the indentations of each other group.
The invention will now be more particularly de~
scribed with reference to embodiments thereof shown, by way of example, in the accompanying drawings in which:
Fig. 1 is a side view of a spinner embodying the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a side view of a spoon bait embodying the present invention;
Fig. 3 is a side view of a wiggling type lure embodying the present invention;
Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the lure of Fig. 3;
and Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the lure of Fig. 3 taken along the line A-A.
In the embodiments depicted in Figs. 1 and 2, a plurality of light-refracting prisms 2 have been affixed to '~ an exterior surface lof thebait. The prisms 2 may be of various sizes and are fitted at various predetermined angles and in various predetermined configurations in order to enhance and change a colour-shifting action of the bait.
In Figs. 3-5 of the drawing there is shown an al-ternative form of trolling bait having colour-shifting pro-perties, the trolling bait being comprised by a body of a transparent material having walls which define a closed cavity within the body, the walls defining exterior and interior ., ~ - 2 -,, ;
l~S5~7 surfaces of the body.
As is more clearly shown in Fig. ~, the exterior surface of the body is smoothly contoured and free of light reflecting surface indentations or excressences. Also, as shown more clearly in Fig. 5 of the drawings, an object 4 having a selected colour is positioned within the cavity and is disposed in spaced relation with the interior surface of the body.
While the exterior surface of the body is smoothly 1~ contoured and free of liyht reflecting surface indentations or excressences, the interior surface thereof has formed there-in a plurality of separate groups of light reflecting members, which are arranged with the axis of reflection of the respec-tive light reflecting members substantially perpendicular to the adjacent mutually presented exterior surface of the body.
In this way, depending upon the angle at which the trolling bait is viewed, either the light reflecting members serve to reflect incident light in the event that viewing is substan-tially along the axis of reflection of the indentations, or, in the event that the viewing is at an angle to the axis of reflection, the coloured object position within the trolling bait will then become visible, thus imparting a colour shift between that of the transparent body material and the colour of the coloured object contained within the body.
In order to enhance the fish attracting qualities of the aforesaid wiggling type lure, even under unfavourable conditions, i.e., at dusk, in darkness and in turbid waters, the lure is fitted in a cavity 3 with either an incandescent lamp (not shown), a phosphorescent ob~ect, or equivalent light source.
55~7 It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the described embodiments of the invention may be sub-stantially varied to meet specialized requirements without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention dis-closed. These embodiments should not, therefore, be taken as limiting but rather as exemplary structures of the in-vention which is defined by the claims appended hereto.
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Claims
EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED
AS FOLLOWS:
1. A trolling bait having colour shifting properties comprised by:
a body of transparent material having walls defining a closed cavity therein and defining an exterior surface and an interior surface of said body, a major portion of the exterior surface of the body being smoothly contoured and free of light reflecting surface indentations or excressences, an object having a selected colour positioned within the cavity and spaced from the interior surface of the body, and light reflecting members formed in the interior surface of said body and which are defined by prismatic indentations, said prismatic indentations being arranged in separate groups with their axis of reflection substan-tially perpendicular to the adjacent mutually presented exterior surface of said body, the indentations of each group being arranged at an angle which differs from the angle of the indentations of each other group.
a body of transparent material having walls defining a closed cavity therein and defining an exterior surface and an interior surface of said body, a major portion of the exterior surface of the body being smoothly contoured and free of light reflecting surface indentations or excressences, an object having a selected colour positioned within the cavity and spaced from the interior surface of the body, and light reflecting members formed in the interior surface of said body and which are defined by prismatic indentations, said prismatic indentations being arranged in separate groups with their axis of reflection substan-tially perpendicular to the adjacent mutually presented exterior surface of said body, the indentations of each group being arranged at an angle which differs from the angle of the indentations of each other group.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| FI781788A FI56300C (en) | 1978-06-06 | 1978-06-06 | FAIRGSKIFTANDE DRAG |
| FI781788 | 1978-06-06 |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CA1125507A true CA1125507A (en) | 1982-06-15 |
Family
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA329,093A Expired CA1125507A (en) | 1978-06-06 | 1979-06-05 | Trolling bait shifting colour |
Country Status (6)
| Country | Link |
|---|---|
| JP (1) | JPS559799A (en) |
| CA (1) | CA1125507A (en) |
| FI (1) | FI56300C (en) |
| FR (1) | FR2427786A1 (en) |
| IT (2) | IT7915210V0 (en) |
| SE (1) | SE445963B (en) |
Cited By (1)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6094856A (en) * | 1998-07-21 | 2000-08-01 | Sam; Kenneth P. | Fishing lure |
Families Citing this family (5)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPH02105348U (en) * | 1989-02-09 | 1990-08-22 | ||
| JP3040825U (en) | 1996-11-01 | 1997-09-05 | 日本擬餌鉤工業株式会社 | Lure |
| US20110247260A1 (en) * | 2010-04-09 | 2011-10-13 | Schwartz Jason K | Fishing Lure and Attractors and Methods of Manufacture |
| US10925268B1 (en) * | 2015-03-13 | 2021-02-23 | Ray D. Flasco | Inside corner cubic surface reflector fishing lure |
| JP6714914B2 (en) * | 2017-02-21 | 2020-07-01 | 株式会社デュエル | Lure |
Family Cites Families (1)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPS5344382A (en) * | 1976-10-02 | 1978-04-21 | Yamashita Tsurigu Kk | Process for producing fishing gears having brilliance |
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1978
- 1978-06-06 FI FI781788A patent/FI56300C/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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1979
- 1979-06-05 CA CA329,093A patent/CA1125507A/en not_active Expired
- 1979-06-05 SE SE7904894A patent/SE445963B/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1979-06-06 JP JP6999579A patent/JPS559799A/en active Pending
- 1979-06-06 IT IT7915210U patent/IT7915210V0/en unknown
- 1979-06-06 FR FR7914475A patent/FR2427786A1/en active Granted
- 1979-06-06 IT IT12631/79A patent/IT1124100B/en active
Cited By (1)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6094856A (en) * | 1998-07-21 | 2000-08-01 | Sam; Kenneth P. | Fishing lure |
Also Published As
| Publication number | Publication date |
|---|---|
| FR2427786B3 (en) | 1982-05-21 |
| IT1124100B (en) | 1986-05-07 |
| FR2427786A1 (en) | 1980-01-04 |
| IT7912631A0 (en) | 1979-06-06 |
| JPS559799A (en) | 1980-01-23 |
| SE445963B (en) | 1986-08-04 |
| SE7904894L (en) | 1979-12-07 |
| IT7915210V0 (en) | 1979-06-06 |
| FI56300C (en) | 1980-01-10 |
| FI56300B (en) | 1979-09-28 |
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Legal Events
| Date | Code | Title | Description |
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| MKEX | Expiry |