ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,879, issued on May 20.
"Rattle claw fishing lure and methods of making and using same" was invented by William Craven (Scranton, Pa.) and Fred Whitman (Jermyn, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rattle claw fishing bait/lure assembly, including a body, a plurality of raised areas located along a length of the body, a plurality of legs operatively connected to first and second sides of the body, and a plurality of claws operatively connected to one end of the body, wherein each of the plurality of claws further includes a compartment located along a portion of each of the plurality of claws, and a plurality of rattles retained withi...