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Another major part of the invention may be broadly described as a means for holding a given spinnerbait against accidental removal from the particular receptacle in which it is being stored. The holding is accomplished by manually placing the spring wire in tension by temporarily forcing the distal

Another major part of the invention may be broadly described as a means for holding a given spinnerbait against accidental removal from the particular receptacle in which it is being stored. The holding is accomplished by manually placing the spring wire in tension by temporarily forcing the distal ends of the two legs together in order that the included angle between the two legs is appreciably less than the original 80 degrees. There is also a structure for restraining the legs and holding them against their natural tendency to return to a rest condition, i.e., to spread the legs back to the position they had before they were slightly distended during insertion. The preferred structure includes a small plate that is inclined away from and affixed to the first wall, and the plate having a generally L-shaped recess into which a leg of the spinnerbait is inserted when the spinnerbait is to be stored. The structural plate and an appropriately shaped and sized recess do their holding in a completely passive manner, in the sense that they have no moving parts or springs, etc. Instead of using moving parts, holding of a spinnerbait is accomplished in this invention by relying--at least primarily--on the resilience that is inherent in the wire of a spinnerbait.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A combination for use by fishermen to foster the orderly storage and management of artificial lures, comprising:a) a spinnerbait having a principal structure consisting of a piece of spring wire that is bent into a generally V shape so as to define first and second elon

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A combination for use by fishermen to foster the orderly storage and management of artificial lures, comprising:a) a spinnerbait having a principal structure consisting of a piece of spring wire that is bent into a generally V shape so as to define first and second elongated legs depending from an apex near the middle of the spring wire, and the included angle between the two depending legs being about 80 degrees when the spinnerbait is at rest, and the two legs having distal ends that are remote from the apex of the spring wire, and there being a blade attached to the distal end of one of the legs, and there being a body and hook attached to the distal end of the other leg, and the spring wire having sufficient resilience to cause the spinnerbait to repeatedly return to its rest configuration after the two legs have been temporarily forced toward one another by a manual force, comprising:b) an open-top receptacle for receiving and holding the blade of a spinner-bait, and the receptacle having a pair of rigid, confronting and spaced-apart walls that are designated as first and second walls, and the spacing between the first and second walls being less than the width of the blade of a spinnerbait, such that a vertically oriented blade within a receptacle cannot rotate about a vertical axis within the receptacle, and the first wall having a notch that is sized and located to receive and restrain one leg of the spring wire against side-to-side movement with respect to the receptacle; andc) means for holding a spinnerbait against accidental removal from the receptacle, said holding being accomplished by manually placing the spring wire in tension by forcing the distal ends of the two legs together in order that the included angle between the two legs is appreciably less than 80 degrees, and including a structure for restraining the legs and holding them against their return to a rest condition until they have been manually removed from the receptacle, said restraining structure comprising a structural plate extending outwardly from the receptacle wall that has the notch therein, and said structural plate extending in a direction away from the second wall, and there being an L-shaped groove in the structural plate that has a first portion that is generally vertical and a second portion that is generally horizontal when the receptacle is being held upright, and the first portion of the groove opening to the top of the structural plate and being aligned with the slot in the first wall, and the L-shaped groove being sufficiently wide to freely receive that leg of the spinnerbait that has the body and hook thereon, and there being a reference plane that passes horizontally through the bottom of the receptacle when the receptacle is vertically oriented, and an interior portion of the groove's second portion having an elevation with respect to the reference plane that is higher than the entrance to the second portion, such that a leg of the spinnerbait can be manually forced downwardly into the first portion of the L-shaped groove and then moved sidewardly into the second portion, and the placement of the structural plate being located so that placement of a spinnerbait leg into the L-shaped groove requires slight temporary deformation of the spinnerbait wire, and such that the resilience of the spinnerbait wire will hold the spinnerbait in contact with the second portion of groove until such time as the spinnerbait wire is again manually deformed to permit disengagement from the groove. [2.]2. A method for use by fishermen to foster the orderly storage and management of artificial lures, said lures being of the class that is commonly known as spinnerbaits, and each spinnerbait having a principal structure consisting of a piece of spring wire that is bent into a generally V shape so as to define first and second elongated legs that depend from an apex near the middle of the spring wire, and the included angle between the two depending legs being about 80 degrees when the spinnerbait is at rest, comprising the steps of:a) providing a first structure against which a spinnerbait may rest, and said first structure having elements which will hold the depending legs at an angle that is less than the angle made by the two legs when they are at rest;b) providing a second structure that will hold a spinnerbait against said first structure by virtue of preventing the depending legs from fully returning to a rest condition;c) manually squeezing the two depending legs of a spinnerbait toward one another so that they form an angle that is significantly less than the angle they make when they are at rest; andd) placing the spinnerbait against the first structure while the two depending legs are squeezed toward one another, and subsequently allowing the spring wire to relax sufficiently so as to engage the second structure, such that the spinnerbait will be held against the first structure until the depending legs are again manually squeezed together in order to escape the holding action of the second structure, whereby the inherent resilience of the spring wire will help hold the spinnerbait against the first structure.