US Patent Issued to Legacy Tackle on Sept. 2 for "Fishing jigs that securely hold natural worms, and related methods" (Vermont Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,614, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Legacy Tackle LLC (Plainfield, Vt.).

"Fishing jigs that securely hold natural worms, and related methods" was invented by John Rovetto (Plainfield, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fishing jigs designed and configured to firmly hold natural worms during use. In some embodiments, a fishing jig includes a head, a shaft that tapers away from the head, and an impaler that pierces the entire thickness of the body wall of a worm. The cross-sectional size of the shaft proximate to the impaler is selected so that the body wall of the worm is taut when the worm is fully engaged with the fishing jig. I...