Patents Represented by Attorney Charles M. Kaplan

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  • Fishing lures and methods of making fishing lures
    Patent number: 6192616
    Abstract: A unitary or one-piece, integral soft bodied plastic fishing lure may be multi-layered and have two or more distinct colors. Soft bodied fishing lures may emit salt flavors directly into the adjacent water that dissolves salt grains exposed at the surface of the lures directly to the water. Methods of making the multi-colored and salt emitting lures by dipping mandrels into molten plastic and supplies of salt grains are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Inventor: Wayne Kent
  • Lighted toy and safety method
    Patent number: 6135850
    Abstract: A safety method and toy position a rotatable stopper in a bore where the stopper can not be gripped by human hands and create a friction fit between the stopper and bore that requires a rotational torque that can not be applied to the stopper by human hands alone when the stopper is in the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Inventor: Gerald D. Reed
  • Fishing rig and method
    Patent number: 6101755
    Abstract: Brightly colored translucent monofilament fishing leader line that only permits light in the range of around 500 to around 750 nanometers to pass through the line may appear to glow or shine in the water. When the length of such line is within the range of about seven centimeters to about one meter, a fishing rig using the line will attract game fish to the bait or lure attached to the leader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Inventor: Wayne Kent
  • Hydrogen sulfide removal apparatus
    Patent number: 6080306
    Abstract: Hydrogen sulfide is removed from water by methods and apparatus that cause sufficient oxygen to be dissolved in the water for sufficient time at sufficient pressure to precipitate out solid elemental sulfur and other solid sulfur particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: Kemp E Falkner
  • Hydrogen sulfide removal methods
    Patent number: 6074562
    Abstract: Hydrogen sulfide is removed from water by methods and apparatus that cause sufficient oxygen to be dissolved in the water for sufficient time at sufficient pressure to precipitate out solid elemental sulfur and other solid sulfur particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Inventor: Kemp E Falkner
  • Fishing rig and sinker
    Patent number: 6073386
    Abstract: An adjustable fishing rig comprises a unitary, streamlined, hollow, double barreled sinker through which a fishing line is threaded. The sinker can be moved to any location along a fishing line without untying the line or tying new knots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Knight Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Herman P. Firmin
  • Waterproof valve stem safety light for vehicles
    Patent number: 6070997
    Abstract: A symmetrical safety light for wheeled vehicles is turned on by relative rotation of a removable plug in a housing that pushes a battery in the housing against the resistance of a spring. The light is turned off by relative rotation of the components in the opposite direction, which allows the spring to push the battery out of contact with a conductor from the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: MJM, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike A. Duke, Gerald D. Reed
  • Fishing lure molding method and fishing lure
    Patent number: 6063324
    Abstract: A fish lure body has integral gussets that hold protruding fins at a predetermined angle to the lure central axis when the lure is moved through water. Molds and methods of molding soft plastic artificial fishing lures in which air is trapped in a blind cavity in a mold and compressed in such a cavity by molten plastic to a pressure that causes the compressed air to eject the finished lure from the mold when the mold is opened after the molten plastic hardens, and artificial fishing lures molded by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Knight Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Herman P. Firmin
  • Fishing tackle eyehole cleaning tool
    Patent number: 5960504
    Abstract: A multi-purpose fisherman's tool and method for removing unwanted material from the eyehole of fishing tackle employs a sharp prong that may be locked in place in a rectangular opening in a flat plate that supports the fishing tackle while it is rotated around the prong.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: D. C. D. Global, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard A. Dougherty
  • Fishing lure
    Patent number: 5953849
    Abstract: A soft, flexible plastic fishing lure body portion has a cavity into which a removable weight is inserted so that the lure will have a swimming or crank-bait type of action when it is reeled in. The weight and other parts of the lure rigging may be removed from the original lure body portion and reused with other lure bodies if the soft lure body portion becomes damaged or worn out, or when a fisherman wants to change the size, color, shape or action of the lure he is using.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Inventor: John C. Boucher, Jr.
  • Fishing lure and method
    Patent number: 5894692
    Abstract: Soft bodied flexible resilient supple plastic fishing lures have a multitude of closely spaced interconnected thin longitudinal fins that automatically produce fishing attracting sounds, motions, and light reflections when the lures are moved through the water. The lure bodies store energy when the lures are retrieved and then release the stored energy so as to produce game fish attracting motions when the retrieving ceases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Knight Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Herman P. Firmin
  • Laser aided practice putting device and method
    Patent number: 5818036
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for practicing golf involve the use of a projected laser light beam that acts as a fixed guide to the hole or target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Inventor: John Daly
  • Foot support devices and methods
    Patent number: 5718673
    Abstract: Foot supporting devices and methods hold the wearer's foot and leg at a predetermined angle for sufficient time to reduce foot fatigue or pain, while the wearer is not on the feet. The invention requires that there be no part of the foot supporting devices making contact with or causing stress on the wearer's heel. The foot supporting devices may be made from soft, pliable fabric materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Inventor: Clare Shipstead
  • Bilge pump mounting bracket
    Patent number: D439136
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Inventor: Thomas W. Rogers
  • Fish lure
    Patent number: D414543
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Knight Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Herman P. Firmin
  • Fish lure
    Patent number: D418899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Knight Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Herman P. Firmin
  • Fish lure
    Patent number: D422335
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Knight Manufacturing Co., Inc
    Inventor: Herman P. Firmin
  • Fish lure
    Patent number: D422671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Knight Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Herman P. Firmin
  • Fish lure
    Patent number: D424656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Knight Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Herman P. Firmin
  • Fish lure
    Patent number: D432201
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Knight Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Herman P. Firmin