ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,549, issued on June 9.
"Fishing lure line attachment system" was invented by William Fox (New Richmond, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a fishing lure for knotless line attachment. The fishing lure comprises a nose portion and a tail portion configured to be assembled together. The nose portion includes a proximal hole sized to receive a fishing line. A funnel is formed in the tail portion, and aligned with the proximal hole to guide the fishing line into a groove formed in the tail portion. The groove extends from a top of the tail portion to a gap defined between the nose portion and the tail port...