US2578041A - Artificial bait - Google Patents

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D 11, 1951 T. E. CANDIOTO 2,578,041 ARTIFICIAL BAIT Filed Aug. 25, 1948 Fig.

Thomas E. Gandiolo INVENTOR.

BY Ema/22' Wynn; Fm

Patented Dec. 11, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ARTIFICIAL BAIT Thomas E. Candioto, New Castle, Pa.

Application August 25, 1948, Serial No. 46,046

2 Claims. (Cl. 4342.44)

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in artificial bait for casting or trolling purposes.

An important object of the invention is to provide an elongated rotated body supported on a stationary central shaft with a line attaching eye at one end of the shaft and a multiple fish hook carried at the other end of the shaft and also connecting additional hooks to the intermediate portion of the shaft which project outwardly through openings in the body for rotation therewith.

A further object of the invention is to provide the openings in the body at a rearwardly inclined angle and shaping the shank of the hook to lie substantially flatly against the inclined portion of the openings whereby to support and brace the hooks at a rearwardly inclined angle with respect to the body.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction, which is efiicient and reliable in use, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational View;

Figure 2 is a top plan view;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken substantially on a line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a front end elevational view; and

Figure 5 is a large longitudinal sectional view of a modified construction.

Referring now to the drawings in detail and first with respect to the form of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 4 inclusive, the numeral 5 designates a substantially cylindrical solid body preferably of suitable buoyant material and formed with a tapering substantially blunt front end 6 and rounded rear end 1. The body 5 is formed with a longitudinally extending bore 8 in which a shaft 9 is freely positioned for rotation of the body on the shaft. The front end of the shaft 9 is formed with a line attaching eye 10 and its rear end with a hook attachong eye II to which a multiple hook I2 is attached. A bead I3 is positioned between eye II and rear end of body 5 to reduce friction between the rear end of the body and eye ll during rotation of the body.

A pair of propellers or vanes I4 projects laterally from diametrically opposite sides of the body 5 and are inclined at a suitable angle to cause rotation of the body when the same is drawn through the water.

A pair of recesses [5 are formed in diametrically opposite sides of the body 5, one forwardly of the other, the recesses intersecting the bore 8 whereby eyes [6 at the inner end of the hooks I1 may be inserted in the recesses for rotation on the shaft 9 to support the hooks in an outwardly projected position from the body.

The recess i5 is formed with a rearwardly sloping 'wall l8 and the eye It is inclined from the shank of the hook l1 whereby the shank will rest flatly or substantially coplanar on the inclined surface l8 to incline the hook with respect to the body.

It will also be apparent that the inclined surface |8 supports the shank of the hook to prevent bending thereof should the hook strike ob ects in the water as well as to prevent bending of the hook by a fish striking the same.

Figure 5 illustrates a modified form of the invention which comprises a relatively short body l8 having recesses IS directly opposite each other to receive hooks 2i] with the eyes 2| of the hooks rotatable on the shaft or rod 22. The recesses i9 also have inclined surfaces 23 against which the shanks of the hooks are held in a rearwardly inclined position.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the construction, operation and advantages of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary. D

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. An artificial bait comprising an elongated cylindrical body having a longitudinal and uniform diameter bore therein, a shaft extending through the bore for rotatably supporting the body, said body having a recess in one side intersecting the bore, said recess comprising a notch including a rearwardly sloping surface, and a fish hook positioned in the recess and having an eye at its inner end for rotation on the shaft with the body and having its shank bent in a rearwardly inclined position adjacent the eye to provide the shank with a relatively short inner end portion and a relatively long outer end portion supported in a rearwardly inclined position on said sloping surface with the bill of the hook projecting outwardly from the body, said short inner end portion of the shank engaging the body in the region of the bore to hold the shank on said sloping surface.

2. An artificial bait comprising an elongated cylindrical body having a longitudinal and uniform diameter bore therein, a shaft extending through the bore for rotatably supporting the body, said body also having a pair of notches at opposite sides of the body intersecting the bore and formed with rearwardly sloping surfaces, and a pair of fish hooks positioned in the notches at opposite sides of the body and including eyes at their inner ends rotatable on the shaft with the body, and said hooks also including shanks in- 4 clined from the axis of the eyes and positioned against said sloping surfaces with the bills of the hooks projecting outwardly from the body.

THOMAS E. CANDIOTO.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNiTED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 800,536 Bailey et al Sept. 26, 1905 1,474,823 Hines Nov. 20, 1923 2,136,713 Schnabel Nov. 15, 1933 2,152,275 Parkins Mar, 28, 1939 2,455,155 Baima Nov. 30, 1948 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 666,332 France of 1929

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