S&F Ref: 942211 AUSTRALIA PATENTS ACT 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION FOR A STANDARD PATENT Name and Address Rapala VMC Corporation, of Tehtaantie 2, FI-17200, of Applicant: Vaaksy, Finland Actual Inventor(s): Juha Siirtola Address for Service: Spruson & Ferguson St Martins Tower Level 35 31 Market Street Sydney NSW 2000 (CCN 3710000177) Invention Title: Lure arrangement The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me/us: 5845c(2570479_1) 1 LURE ARRANGEMENT Background of the Invention The present invention rates to a lure arrangement substantially for stationary 5 fishing, like casting fishing and fishing with lures arranged in a rig (i.a. squid rig). The arrangement comprises a lure including a floating body, a sinker having a weight exceeding the buoyancy of the lure, a hook or hooks having the construction and design corresponding to the fish to be caught, as such known in the art, attached to the body or the body having fasteners for these hooks. In addition, the lure must have means for 1o fastening it to a fishing line, either immediately or by means of different connection assemblies. Sensitive motions are required from lures meant for many fishes to be caught, in order to simulate the swimming properties of the natural prey species of the fish to be 15 caught. Prerequisite for providing sensitive mobility are the light weight and preferably also the small size of the lure. Light weight means in practice, that the lure body is floating. On the other hand, the lure must be such that it can be made to sink so that it is correctly positioned in the catching condition and/or that it can be brought to the catching condition correctly positioned by means of the casting rod. A correct position in the 20 catching condition for many lures like those simulating a fish means substantially a horizontal position. In its catching condition, the lure should be able to utilize its sensitive mobility as well as possible, for providing the desired luring movement in swimming. Lures of prior art have problems either with respect to the size, weight or 25 swimming position. Object of the Invention It is an object of the present invention to substantially overcome or at least ameliorate one or more of the disadvantages of the prior art, or to at least provide a useful alternative. 30 Summary of the Invention According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lure arrangement comprising a floating lure body, a sinker connected with a limited motion clearance to the lure body and having a weight exceeding the buoyancy of the lure body, a line fastener and at least one hook/hook fastener.
2 The sinker is connected to the lure body so as by counteracting in swimming condition the buoyance of the lure body positions itself within the limited motion clearance with respect to the lure body and thereby determines a swimming position for the lure body. 5 Brief Description of the Drawings The invention will be described in more detail by means of the enclosed drawings, illustrating by way of example different embodiments of the lure arrangement in connection with the invention, and associated essential parts thereof. In the drawing, Figure 1 shows one embodiment of a lure arrangement according to the 10 invention, in the two alternative states of the lure arrangement, Figure 2 shows another embodiment of the lure arrangement according to the invention, in the two alternative states of the lure arrangement, Figure 3 shows a third embodiment of the lure arrangement according to the invention, and is Figure 4 shows a connecting element for providing a connection between the lure body and a weight loading element. Detailed Description of the Drawings Figure 1 shows a lure with a lure body 1, having a floating construction either by material and/or construction. A line fastener 3 is fastened in a traditional way to the body 20 1, and by way of example, a squid hook 2 is fastened to the opposite end thereof. Instead of a squid hook, also a hook loop for fastening a usual lure hook can be provided. In the vicinity of the line fastener 3, a sinker 4 is attached to the lure body by means of a stiff arm 8 and a hinged attachment 7. The sinker 4 is dimensioned so that it (together with the weight of the arm 8, hook/hooks 2) exceeds the buoyancy caused by the body 1, in other 25 words, in prevailing water conditions the lure is submersible. In addition, the arm 8 is dimensioned to have such a length, that the sinker 4 therewith causes to the body I a torsion moment adequate to compensate the buoyancy moment caused by the body 1. As a result of this effect, the lure in its swimming condition takes up a position, where these moments compensate each other, said position depending on the setting angle between the 30 arm 8 and the body 1. Said setting angle is provided with a hinged attachment 7 allowing for the arm 8 appropriately a limited turning motion with respect to the body 1. The hinged attachment 7 and the arm 8 can be constructed so that the sinker 4 and the arm 8 can be turned under or inside the lure body 1. Fixing of the arm 8 and the supported sinker 4 to the body, in the vicinity of the line fastener 3, decreases the effect of the 3 inertia moment to the trajectory of the tail part of the body when bringing the lure into the luring movement. Figure 2 shows for implementing the invention an alternative lure arrangement s comprising, as known in the art, a body 1, a hook 2 fastened to the body and a fastener 3 having a construction designed for implementing the invention, in other words, for fastening a sinker arm 8 to the lure construction, correspondingly than the hinged attachment 7 in Fig. 1 . In this embodiment, the fastener 3 also acts as a line fastener. 10 When the lure according to Figure 2 is brought to sink, the lure body 1, effected by the buoyancy force, tends to turn upwards so that the angle between the lure and the sinker arm 8 tends to grow. To limit this turning motion, the lure body I and/or sinker must be in their mutual contact area designed so that the designed portions set against each other when the angle between the body and the sinker has reached the intended 15 value. Said angle position is advantageously defined so that the moment exerted to the lure body by the weight load caused by the sinker 4, and the buoyancy moment in the opposite direction caused by the lure body, position the lure body into an appropriate position of swimming condition, e.g. into a horizontal position. This appropriate swimming position can naturally be any other, depending on the construction and the 20 catching target of the lure. When the sinker 4 is separately from the body 1, substantially integrated in the line fastener, the inertia moment of the body does not significantly hinder the intended luring movements of the body in the fishing situation. The lateral clearance between the fastening slot of the sinker arm 8 and the fastening loop 3 of the lure body also improves the moving abilities of the body. 25 Co-directional rotation with respect to the buoyancy moment between the sinker 4 and the lure body can be free, eventually so that the sinker can take up a position substantially parallel with the lure body, into contact with the same, said assembly providing space saving and flexibility in handling for storing and transporting the lure. By 30 a suitable design, the sinker turning under the body can, if necessary, include storage space(s) for the hooks attached to the body. In the embodiment according to Figure 1 or in its variations, such properties can be designed for the sinker that are usually provided for the lure by means of a swimming 35 lip attached to the body. This embodiment is relevant for a lure to be used in spinning 4 including phases of spinning backwards, during which a swimming simulation of baitfish as good as possible is significant for the operation of the lure. Figure 3 shows another embodiment of the invention, adapted to fishing with s several baits. In this embodiment, the lure body is connected to a sinker 6 by means of an independent connecting element 5. The connecting elements can be chained by connecting a plurality of those in series, thus providing a lure rig assembly. The connecting elements 5 must have a construction operating with the fastener 3 of the lure body in a corresponding way as the sinker 4 in the embodiment of Figure 2. For the part 10 of this cooperating construction, in addition, a simple fastening of the lure body 1 to the connecting element, respectively loosening from the same, must be taken into account. One implementable construction of the connecting element 5 is shown in Figure 4. The fastener 3 is attached turnably to the connecting element, and sets against a support 15 surface 5' included in the element, and thereby makes the lure body to take up a predetermined position in the buoyancy direction. As turning axle between the fastener 3 and the connecting element acts preferably a corresponding lock as the wire trace lock, by means of which a required number of sinker elements can be chained with each other, into a team of flies of a suitable length. 20 The connecting point of the fastener 3 and respectively of the connecting element 5 must be preferably somewhat wide in the lateral direction for allowing the lure body to move sideward for providing advantageous swimming motion for the lure to be moved in the fishing situation.