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 |
| 7818914 | Fish dehooking device A dehooking device with treble hook guard including an elongated rod having a handle disposed at a first end thereof. A spiral looped hook removal end is formed at a second end of the rod and a looped treble hook guard positioned in close proximity to the hook remov... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7685763 | Device for holding fish to remove a fish hook from the mouth of a fish A device for holding fish to remove a fish hook from the mouth of a fish, the device comprised of a first hollow cylindrical member, a connecting member attached to a first end of the first hollow cylindrical member, a second hollow cylindrical member attached to a ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7603806 | Fish hook remover This invention provides a fish hook remover comprising a handle and a shaft. The handle comprises a first end, a second end, a width, and a longitudinal axis. The handle defines a handle notch and slot, the handle notch extending across the entire width of the handl... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7562490 | Fish hook remover system A fish hook remover system for efficiently removing a fish hook from a fish. The fish hook remover system generally includes an elongated member including a first end and a second end, a catch member extending from the first end of the elongated member and a bulge p... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7444779 | Fish handling device A hand-held fish handling device includes a shaft having one pointed end, useful in entering the mouth of a fish and then retrieving a swallowed hook from the stomach of a fish. The other end of the shaft has a multi-purpose tool fastened thereon; the tool is able t... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7434350 | Two-handed fish hook removal apparatus A fish hook removal apparatus includes a shaft having opposed end portions. One end portion defines a hook for fitting into a fish's mouth. Such a hook is engageable with a fish hook. The shaft enables a user to remove a hook from fish. A grip is positioned about an... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7426801 | Live eel bait hooking device A live eel hook-insertion device. A hand-operated unit is disclosed that generally comprises a T-handle/trigger driving a spring-mounted plunger through a housing, an open-ended eel nesting tube at one end of the housing and defined by a lateral notch, and a distal ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7235747 | Arm scale apparatus An arm scale apparatus includes a casing shaped to fit partly around a person's arm and having a casing strap attached to the casing and having a fastener thereon for strapping the casing to a person's arm. A display on the casing is positioned to face a person havi... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7225582 | Modified fishhook for catch and release applications A fishhook for use in catch and release application or when it is desired to inflict minimal damage to the fish. The hook comprises an eye, shank, bend and point. One or more dogs are located on the bend, the shank, or both. The dogs comprise non-barbed raised surfa... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7180015 | Scale with clampable protrusion for weighing bicycles and other sports-related items A scale for weighing objects in general and specifically bicycles is described. One embodiment of the scale comprises a body, a hook for suspending the item to be weighed, and an appendage extending from the body. The appendage is adapted to be firmly secured in a t... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7144128 | Illuminated fisherman's nipper A device for use by fishermen to perform several functions including assisting in preparing a hook on a fishing line. The device includes a housing carrying a nipper for assisting in cutting a fishing line. A light is carried within the housing and directed toward t... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137607 | Apparatus for securing a cap of a container to an external structure Apparatus for securing a cap of a container to an external structure includes retaining structure configured to fit inside and engage the cap when the apparatus is installed. Securing structure connected to the retaining structure is used to releasably secure the ca... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134701 | Frame for lifting beams and other elongated loads A lift frame adapted to be pivotally mounted on a hoist include a tubular sleeve guide that guides a lift slide. The lift slide carries a lift frame for supporting a load such as a beam or truss to be lifted, and is spring loaded in an upward direction by a spring e... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7117630 | Hook dislodging assembly A hook dislodging assembly includes an elongated rod that has a first end and a second end. A tool head is attached to and extends away from the first end. The tool head has a free end, a top side, a bottom side, a first lateral side and a second lateral side. A gro... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114279 | Fishhook barb crimping tool A tool for crimping the barb defined by a conventional fishhook is disclosed. The tool includes a pair of forceps on which is carried a barb crimping element. The tool is provided for modifying a conventional fishhook to allow a fisherman to catch fish in a catch-an... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7112129 | Shellfish cracking device A shellfish cracking device for cracking shellfish such as lobster and crabs is provided. The shellfish cracking device includes a first cracking member having a first handle portion, middle portion, and blade portion; and a second cracking member having a second ha... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7076910 | Flash landing and control device A device for landing, handling and controlling a fish which includes a pair of clamps pivotally attached to a main housing. A handle is provided at one end of the housing. The clamps can be moved from a closed position to a fully opened position by a trigger assembl... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7037305 | Heart presentation device and method A medical instrument for positioning an internal organ during surgical and diagnostic procedures is provided. In one embodiment, the medical instrument includes a body having a tissue grasping element and an actuating member effective to move the tissue grasping ele... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6983559 | Fish jaw gripper to facilitate hook removal A gripper to hold a fish upright during hook removal has a pliers-like body. This body includes a first member having an outer handle portion joined to an upper jaw portion and a second member having an inner handle portion joined to a lower jaw portion. The lower j... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6968644 | Ergonomic fish gripping device An apparatus and method for applying a firm grip to the lip of a fish includes a pair of pincers. The device has two handles each comprised of at least one ring to which digits may be inserted. One of the two handles has a ring that may rotate about a pivot point. T... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6944986 | Bait clipper A clipper for cutting and severing a portion of bait material preventing direct contact of a user with the former. The two elongated pivotally mounted members include cutting assemblies ends that cooperate to come towards each other in a substantially parallel fashi... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6943304 | Fish protecting covers for fish weighing device jaws For an electronic fish scale including a molded housing having upper and lower portions for supported hand grasping and a pair of opposed C-shaped jaws which open when a jaw actuator is manually moved upwardly to receive a lower lip of a fish securely held and unhur... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6941846 | Pliers A pair of pliers include two pivot members pivotally connected with each other. Each of the two pivot members has an end formed with a handle including an upper auxiliary body and a lower auxiliary body to enhance a hand-held area of the handle, thereby facilitating... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6840002 | Dehooking device with slidable bite sleeve A dehooking device with a slidable bite sleeve having a rod (1) with a spiral looped hook removal end (2), handle (3), and a slidable bite sleeve (4). The rod (1) is preferably made of steel while the bite sleeve (4) is pref... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6766609 | Combined fish scale and catch-and-release device A combined fish scale and catch-and-release device is disclosed. The catch-and-release device hereof has a unique crank and slider mechanism with a self-locking function independent of external resistance, which mechanism reciprocally drives the opposing C-shaped ja... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6705042 | Fish hook removal apparatus An apparatus for extracting a fish hook from a fish having a support apparatus for placing over a fish hook embedded in a fish, an operative release member reciprocally removable relative to the position of the fish hook, the release hook attached to move with the o... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6688034 | Fish hook remover A fish hook remover includes a lengthwise base member, a combination handle, an actuation rod, and a rotary arm. The combination handle is attached to one end of the lengthwise base member and a yoke is formed on the other end of the lengthwise base membe... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6584726 | Fish hook remover An inexpensive ergonomically sound hand-held device for removing a fish hook from a fish's lip, jaw, mouth or throat without removing the fish from the water or handling it in any way is disclosed. To remove a hook, the leader or line is pulled through a ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6560913 | Device for hooking, measuring, weighing fish A weighing device includes a tubular housing, a pair of levers pivotally secured the tubular housing and each having a jaw biased to grasp an object to be weighed and a handle for moving the jaws away from each other against a spring. The jaws are movable... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6526691 | Combination fishing accessory A fishing accessory providing a combination fish club for dispatching a fish, gaffing a fish, or extracting a hook from a fish. The club includes an elongate rod having sufficient length and weight for striking and dispatching a fish. A handle is located ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6453601 | Fish hook remover A fish hook remover is described which provides a shank that can include a handle. The shank has a spiral hook engaging flight. The spiral hook engaging flight is generated about an axis with a central hook shank receiving opening. A spiral line guide ope... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6438891 | Catch-and-release device The invention disclosed herein is a catch-and-release device that has a unique mechanism with a self-locking function independent of external resistance. The catch-and-release device hereof has opposing C-shaped jaws that are reciprocally driven between a... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6397513 | Hook removing apparatus A fishhook removing apparatus for removing hooks from a fish's mouth. The fishhook removing apparatus includes a fishhook remover comprising a shaft. The shaft includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the shaft includes a bend therein. The ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397512 | Fishhook-extracting device A fishhook-extracting device mainly includes an elongated shank, a front end of which is a tapered spiral portion being coated with a layer of rubber skin and having a ball-shaped tip, and a rear end of which is connected to a preferably elliptic flat mem... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6389731 | Fish holder The present invention discloses a handless fish holder for holding fish while the hook is removed from the fish by the hands of the user. The present invention discloses a horizontally mounted platform having a pair of fixedly mounted jaws thereon having ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6272788 | Fish hook removing device A fish hook removing device for manually removing fish hooks from the mouths of fish. The fish hook removing device has an elongated hollow insertable portion that has an outer end portion and an inner end portion. An elongated straight handle portion dep... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6240673 | Fish hook remover A fish hook remover for humanely removing a hook from a fish is particularly useful for catch-and-release fishing. The fish hook remover has a handle for a user to manipulate, a hook engagement member, and two rods which connect the handle and the hook en... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6205699 | Fish hook remover A fish hook remover for removing a fish hook from a fish without damaging dressing affixed to the fish hook. The fish hook remover includes a pair of arms pivotally mounted to one another. Each of the arms defines a first end and a second end. A hook memb... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205698 | Fishhook remover and method A fishhook remover and method are achieved by a remover tool that has a handle shaped like a pistol stock and a slender shank that extends away from the pistol-grip handle like a barrel. The slender shank terminates in an end substantially configured in a... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6138401 | Fish hook remover A fish hook remover is described which provides a handle that may include a shank having a spiral hook engaging flight. The spiral hook engaging flight is generated about an axis with a central hook shank receiving opening. A spiral line guide opening is ... | 10/31/2000 |
