ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,553, issued on Sept. 16.
"Fishing lure" was invented by Jonathan Bradley Boos (Sarasota, Fla.) and Joseph Marion Swails (Summerville, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fishing lure includes a main body having an interior conical body portion having a flat surface at a first end, and an opening with a circumferential lip surrounding and extending from the opening at a second opposite end; and an exterior conical body portion surrounding the interior conical shape and extending from the flat surface to the circumferential lip. The exterior conical body portion is spaced apart from the interior conical body portion, defining a gap ...