US 2,392,677 · granted January 8, 1946
The 1946 bait patent
A later hook mechanism broadens the documented story beyond the familiar spoon designs.
- Documented fact
- Anton J. Lauby, identified with Milwaukee, filed this application May 15, 1944. Patent US 2,392,677 was granted January 8, 1946.
- Documented fact
- The patent describes a mechanism involving opposed hooks and a spring.
- Interpretive limit
- The patent establishes later inventive activity, not continued commercial production of the earlier Lauby range. This document was already present in the collection files.
Sources & record notes
Photographic or documentary record LLA-REC-0009 · Reviewed September 2026. Record identifiers describe the material shown here; they are not accession numbers for authenticated physical objects.
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Document reproduction supplied with the collection; bibliographic facts are checked against the linked patent record. The patent is evidence of an invention, not certification of a surviving object.
Document identification
- Title
- Collapsible artificial bait
- Inventor
- Anton J. Lauby
- Application filed
- May 15, 1944
- Patent granted
- January 8, 1946 · US 2,392,677
Cite this record
Lauby Lures. “The 1946 bait patent.” Record LLA-REC-0009. Updated September 11, 2026. https://www.laubylures.com/collection/patent-1946. Accessed [your access date].
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