Claims
- 1. A light emitting fishing lure comprising:
a hollow body having an exterior, a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end terminating in an eyelet; a hook coupled to said body; a battery source; a multiple emission color light source located within said body; a printed circuit board controller for said light source that automatically varies color emission from said light source; and a light pipe in optical communication between said light source and the exterior of said body.
- 2. The lure of claim 1 further comprising a phosphor on the exterior of said body selected from the group consisting of an embedded particulate, a film, and an appliqué.
- 3. The lure of claim 1 wherein said battery source is a button-type battery.
- 4. The lure of claim 1 wherein said light source is a multiple color single light emitting diode.
- 5. The lure of claim 4 wherein said multiple color single light emitting diode has an ultraviolet emission.
- 6. The lure of claim 1 wherein said light source is a plurality of light emitting diodes.
- 7. The lure of claim 6 wherein said plurality of light emitting diodes comprises an ultraviolet light emitting diode.
- 8. The lure of claim 1 wherein said light pipe is embedded in said body.
- 9. The lure of claim 8 wherein said body is transparent or translucent and functions as said light pipe.
- 10. The lure of claim 1 wherein said light pipe is a trailing fiber optic.
- 11. The lure of claim 10 wherein said light pipe is a plurality of fiber optics emanating from the distal end of said body.
- 12. The lure of claim 1 further comprising a switch for selectively forming an electrical circuit between said light source and said battery.
- 13. The lure of claim 12 wherein said switch is located within said body.
- 14. The lure of claim 12 wherein said switch is of a type selected from the group consisting of: kinetic, motion detection, and electrical resistivity.
- 15. The lure of claim 12 wherein said switch is a kinetic switch.
- 16. The lure of claim 1 further comprising a transformerless voltage step-up circuit intermediate between said battery and said light source.
- 17. The lure of claim 16 wherein said transformerless voltage step-up circuit increases output voltage from said battery source by a factor of between 1.6 and 3.
- 18. A light emitting fishing lure comprising:
a hollow body having an exterior, a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end terminating in an eyelet decorated with phosphor; a hook coupled to said body; a battery source; an ultraviolet light emitting diode light source located within said body; a printed circuit board controller for said ultraviolet light emitting diode light source to selectively activate said ultraviolet light emitting diode light source in a time pulsed manner; and a light pipe in optical communication between said light source and the exterior of said body.
- 19. The lure of claim 18 further comprising a phosphor on the exterior of said body selected from the group consisting of an embedded particulate, a film, and an appliqué.
- 20. The lure of claim 18 wherein said light pipe is embedded in said body.
- 21. The lure of claim 18 wherein said light pipe is a trailing fiber optic.
- 22. The lure of claim 21 wherein said light pipe is a plurality of fiber optics emanating from the distal end of said body.
- 23. The lure of claim 18 further comprising a switch for selectively forming an electrical circuit between said light source and said battery.
- 24. The lure of claim 23 wherein said switch is located within said body.
- 25. The lure of claim 23 wherein said switch is of a type selected from the group consisting of: kinetic, motion detection, and electrical resistivity.
- 26. The lure of claim 23 wherein said switch is a kinetic switch.
- 27. The lure of claim 18 further comprising a transformerless voltage step-up circuit intermediate between said battery and said light source.
- 28. The lure of claim 27 wherein said transformerless voltage step-up circuit increases output voltage from said battery source by a factor of between 1.6 and 3.
- 29. The lure of claim 18 wherein said ultraviolet light emitting diode is gallium indium nitride.
- 30. The lure of claim 18 wherein said ultraviolet light emitting diode is gallium nitride.
- 31. A method of charging a phosphorescent fishing lure comprising the steps of:
sealing a battery powered ultraviolet light emitting diode within a fishing lure having a phosphor thereon; providing an optical path between said ultraviolet light emitting diode and said phosphor; and activating said ultraviolet light emitting diode to charge said phosphor.
- 32. The method of claim 31 wherein activation of said ultraviolet light emitting diode is in a time pulsed manner.
- 33. The method of claim 32 wherein the time pulsed manner is on a time scale comparable with a decay time of said phosphor.
- 34. The method of claim 31 wherein the optical path is via an optical fiber.
- 35. The method of claim 34 wherein said optical fiber is embedded in said fishing lure.
- 36. The method of claim 34 wherein said optical fiber is a trailing optical fiber.
- 37. The method of claim 36 wherein said trailing optical fiber is a plurality of fibers emanating from said fishing lure.
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/237,639 filed Sep. 9, 2002.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
10237639 |
Sep 2002 |
US |
Child |
10760957 |
Jan 2004 |
US |