ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,646, issued on July 7.
"Fishing lure" was invented by Michael Logan (Harrodsburg, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing lure includes: an elongated lure body that includes a chamber with an open end; and a ballast moveably inserted in the chamber. The ballast can be selectively manipulated to assume different positions along a length of the chamber to tailor a buoyancy of the fishing lure to accommodate different fishing conditions. The elongated lure body can include multiple sections, with each section resembling a different portion of an organism which certain species of fish treat as prey. The respective sections of the elo...