Patents by Inventor H. Drew Owen

H. Drew Owen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Step assembly
    Patent number: 5014640
    Abstract: A step assembly mountable on a boat transom including a mounting bracket and a pivot block pivotally mounted on the mounting bracket for pivoting about a horizontal axis. An opening is formed through the pivot block, and an elongated step shaft extends through this opening. At one of its ends, the step shaft carries a horizontally extending step, and at its upper end it carries a stop cap. The step and the step shaft upon which it is carried can be pivoted from a downwardly extending, operative position, to an upwardly extending stored position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1991
    Inventor: H. Drew Owen, Sr.
  • Catch and release fish data recording system
    Patent number: 4839675
    Abstract: A device useful for recording data concerning fish which have been caught. The system includes a carrying case enclosing operative components of the system, including a weighing and measuring subassembly and a data readout display. These are located within one side of the two hinged-together parts of the carrying case. A pre-focused camera is secured in the opposite side of the case, and is carried upon an expandable support structure positionable to photograph a fish supported on the weighing and measuring subassembly, concomitantly with photographing of a digital readout display of the fish's weight, a scalar graphic portrayal of the width and length of the fish, and a digital readout of other important data regarding the fish. The system further includes a computer, computer keyboard and printer by which certain data concerning the fish and the fisherman can be input to the digital readout display, and concurrently printed on a printer tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Inventor: H. Drew Owen
  • Catch and release fish data recording system
    Patent number: 4753031
    Abstract: A device useful for recording data concerning fish which have been caught. The system includes a carrying case enclosing operative components of the system, including a weighing and measuring subassembly and a data readout display. These are located within one side of the two hinged-together parts of the carrying case. A pre-focused camera is secured in the opposite side of the case, and is carried upon an expandable support structure positionable to photograph a fish supported on the weighing and measuring subassembly, concomitantly with photographing of a digital readout display of the fish's weight, a scalar graphic portrayal of the width and length of the fish, and a digital readout of other important data regarding the fish. The system further includes a computer, computer keyboard and printer by which certain data concerning the fish and the fisherman can be input to the digital readout display, and concurrently printed on a printer tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Inventor: H. Drew Owen
  • Weed removing device
    Patent number: D318004
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1991
    Inventor: H. Drew Owen, Sr.