Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7036262 | Fisherperson's tool for using slotted weights with a fishing line The invention is a tool for use by fisherpersons to remove a split shot weight from a fishing line. The tool includes a finger sheath, a finger retainer and curved blade attached to the finger sheath. In one preferred embodiment the finger sheath and finger retainer... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7013594 | Pivoting split shot attachment and removal tool A fishing tool is designed to attach and remove split shot to/from fishing line. The tool comprises a top member, which is a flexible bowed strip of spring metal, pivotally connected to a base member, which is a rigid strip of sheet metal. The top member comprises a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7010880 | Split shot attachment and removal tool A fishing tool designed to attach and remove split shot to/from fishing line is disclosed. The tool comprises a top member, which is a flexible bowed strip of spring metal, pivotally connected to a base member, which is a rigid strip of sheet metal. Split shot is at... | 03/14/2006 |
| 5930888 | Device to hold, dispense and install slotted weights used with fishing line A simple device adaptable for the storage, dispensing and installation of split shot sinker on a fishing line. Two construction methods are disclosed allowing assembly from molded components or using commercially available tubular stock material. The unit... | 08/03/1999 |
| 4377027 | Fishline sinker applicator A fishing sinker applicator assembly wherein a plurality of sinkers are connected by a sprue, in line, and each being generally semi-circular with a top V-shaped groove. Selectively, and one at a time, the combination of a cutter-hammer and anvil of the a... | 03/22/1983 |
