ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,717, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Shimano Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Lure" was invented by Tatsurou Kawasaki (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lure for fishing includes a hollow body including a first body having a first bonding surface and a second body having a second bonding surface bonded to the first bonding surface, a wire having an eye to which a line or a hook is configured to be connected, and integrally incorporated into the body, and a buffer member between the body and the wire. The wire is sandwiched between the first body and the second body with the buffer member interposed therebetween such that the eye ...