JAN JAY RIGNEY, O.D.
Optometry at 86 St, Owasso, OK

5438790, Aug 8, 1995

May 6, 1992

7/882364

Jan J. Rigney - Owasso OK

A01K 8500

43 4224

An artificial bait is provided for use with a typical fishing hook or jig in which the hook or jig has an average density greater than the average density of water while the artificial bait has an average density less than the average density of water so that the hook tends to sink and the bait tends to float. The volume of the bait is proportioned to the volume of the hook so that their average density taken together slightly exceeds the average density of the water so that the hook and the bait together sink relatively slowly in the water. The bait is shaped to simulate a natural bait and is slidably engaged on the hook in a fashion similar to that in which a natural bait would be secured to the hook. As the hook and bait slowly sink, free portions of the bait extend upwardly toward the water surface and continue to respond to water currents and motion to maintain the tantalizing quality of the bait. The result is a rig of weight suitable for accuracy and distance in casting and yet so counterbalanced for buoyancy as to provide a minimal rate of descent in the water.

2010022, Sep 9, 2010

Mar 9, 2009

12/400731

Jan Jay Rigney - Owasso OK, US

A01K 83/06

43 4222, 43 4481, 43 4239

A fishing hook having a shank, bend, eye, and point having a specific gravity greater than that of water is combined with a weight also having a density greater than that of water, and is additionally combined with a buoyant floating body which has a density less than that of water. The combination is arranged so that the hook, weight, and buoyant floating body being co operable together to cause the hook to orient in a more or less horizontal position, with the bend of the hook going “up”, and the point of the hook maintained in a position “on top” of or above the shank, and facing forward, and will not rotate sideways or backwards. This orientation is maintained at all times and is self correcting at all times; whether the lure is fished on the surface of the water, or suspended under the surface of the water, or while sinking and falling toward the bottom, or resting on the bottom, or while being drawn over underwater obstacles. Furthermore, this orientation is not dependent upon the contour of the bottom surface to maintain that position. Additionally, the maintaining of the orientation is not dependent upon the lure being suspended from the string, or dependent upon the lure orienting in the hook up position because it is being retrieved.

2010023, Sep 23, 2010

Mar 17, 2009

12/405244

Jan Jay Rigney - Owasso OK, US

A01K 85/00

43 4226, 43 4239, 43 4224, 43 4247

An artificial bait for fishing, or a component to be added to an artificial bait or hook for fishing, that includes, or simulates, crawdad eggs, and/or crawdad babies, or simulates a crawdad with crawdad eggs, and/or crawdad babies attached to it.