US Patent Issued on Oct. 20 for "Hybrid two-segment fishing lure with hard tail crankbait component and soft head realistic movement component" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,525, issued on Oct. 20.

"Hybrid two-segment fishing lure with hard tail crankbait component and soft head realistic movement component" was invented by Blake Hines (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid fishing lure comprises a hard tail segment constructed from rigid plastic material with an integrated diving lip and aperture for fishing line attachment, and a soft head segment constructed from flexible plastic material that attaches to the hard segment through a press-fit and flared connection mechanism. The hard tail segment provides buoyancy control characteristics causing the lure to float without line tension and suspe...