ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,716, issued on Feb. 10.
"Top slot hook chamber for soft plastic fishing lures" was invented by Joshua W. Morris (Georgetown, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a soft plastic lure, constructed of a plastic, semi-plastic or combination "soft" and "hard-soft" plastics, where the "nose" of a lure's head exhibits a solid area of a hook anchor for guidance into an internalized receiving channel, proximate to the lure's dorsal area, with a rearwardly attached chamber tab or tabs, at the rear wall of the channel, which provides guide of a hook from said "nose", into said channel, through an accepting tab, or tabs,...