US Patent 6862836 Fishing lure with automatically retracting hook

The present lure automatically retracts pivoting hooks into its body during retrieval but also quickly deploys its pivoting hooks upon the appearance of a strike by a fish. The lure has a mechanism with two legs independently attached at opposite axes points, and mounted between two parallel side plates. The rear leg functions as the trigger mechanism by rotating around the rear mounting axis, against the front leg. The front leg of the mechanism holds a hook or hooks, and is aligned with the rear leg in a common plane. The legs are designed such that they are not allowed to separate from each other by being captivated between the two mounting plates. A leading collector hydraulically biases the hook inside the body unless within a fish.