Daniel L Braden

US Patent:

47650842, Aug 23, 1988

Filed:

Sep 4, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/093504

Inventors:

Daniel L. Braden - Battle Creek MI

International Classification:

A01K 8300

US Classification:

43 34

Abstract:

A fishing lure for trolling includes a pull member having a line attachment portion to which a fishing line can be attached, a body supported for pivotal movement relative to the pull member between first and second positions, the body and pull member normally being maintained in the first position when the lure is in use and being capable of pivoting to the second position when a fish strikes the lure, a hook part, and an arrangement which effects movement of the hook part relative to the body from a retracted position to an exposed position in response to movement of the pull member and body from the first position to the second position. The body has an arrangement which prevents aqueous weeds from snagging the hook part when the hook part is in its retracted position, and the hook part projects outwardly from the body when in its exposed position so as to be capable of hooking a fish.

US Patent:

58785248, Mar 9, 1999

Filed:

Apr 2, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/626510

Inventors:

Daniel L. Braden - Marshall MI

International Classification:

A01K 8302
A01K 8300

US Classification:

43 35

Abstract:

A fishing lure wherein a hook is retracted within the body of the lure during casting and retrieving and is released and extended to an extended hooking position in response to the strike of a fish. The lure including a plunger slidably received within a plunger cavity which extends through the lure body, and a nose assembly, which inserts into the housing so as to receive the plunger between two diametrically opposed resilient fingers. The resilient fingers having inwardly extending projections which seat within corresponding notches in the plunger so as to lock the plunger and the attached hook in the retracted position and release the plunger upon forward movement of the nose assembly relative to the housing. The fingers being disposed in a locking chamber when the plunger is in the retracted position so that a wall of the locking chamber prevents the fingers from releasing the plunger until the fingers are moved out of the locking chamber by the displacement of the nose assembly.

US Patent:

62727869, Aug 14, 2001

Filed:

Aug 20, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/378436

Inventors:

Daniel L. Braden - Marshall MI

International Classification:

A01K 8500

US Classification:

43 4241

Abstract:

A weedless fishing lure is formed by a lure body and a hook releasably secured to the lure body by an adjustable tensioning mechanism. The adjustable tensioning mechanism is positioned on the lure body for adjusting the tensioning force which holds the hook in the lure body. The lure body includes a through passage for the fishing line and a channel for receiving the hook.

US Patent:

51613239, Nov 10, 1992

Filed:

Nov 20, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/795060

Inventors:

Daniel L. Braden - Marshall MI

International Classification:

A01K 8300

US Classification:

43 37

Abstract:

A fishing lure includes first and second body parts movable between adjacent and spaced positions. The second body part has a slot, and a hook supported on the first body part is movable within the slot between two positions in which the point on the hook is respectively retracted and exposed. A retaining member on the second body part engages the hook as the body parts move apart in order to prevent relative movement of the body parts beyond the spaced position. An elongate member has an end coupled to the hook and extends through an opening in the second body part and an opening in a bead disposed against the second body part, the bead frictionally engaging the elongate member to yieldably resist relative sliding movement therebetween and yieldably resist movement of the body parts away from each other.