ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,975, issued on July 15, was assigned to Outdoor Innovation LLC (Massilon, Ohio).
"Cover for fishing lures and hooks" was invented by Mark Perretta (Massillon, Ohio), Paul Metcalfe (Solon, Ohio) and Scott Urban (Solon, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover for hooks of fishing lures has a body having a first half and a second half, which are connected together by a resilient biased hinge. A plurality of teeth are formed on the first half and the second half and gaps are formed between each of the teeth. The first half and the second half each have a cavity for retaining one or more hooks of a fishing lure. The first half and the...