Patents by Inventor Harris J. Dorsey

Harris J. Dorsey 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).

  • Object supporting apparatus
    Patent number: 5161324
    Abstract: There is disclosed a body of bouyant material adapted to float on the water surface and a flexible line from which a chum basket may be suspended and adapted to be adjustably supported from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Inventor: Harris J. Dorsey
  • Chum basket
    Patent number: 4829705
    Abstract: A chum basket having generally frusto-conically shaped sections which are jointed at their larger ends and which have perforations in their side walls, a device on the upper section by which the body may be suspended in the water, and a weight in the lower section to cause the body to assume a vertical position generally coaxial of its sections, the upper section having a door in the side thereof to permit access to the interior of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Inventor: Harris J. Dorsey
  • Line attachment device
    Patent number: 4790104
    Abstract: There is disclosed fishing gear which includes a device for suspending an object, such as fish hook, weight or chum basket, from a trot line, wherein the chum basket is made up of molded plastic body sections secured to one another at their enlarged ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Inventor: Harris J. Dorsey
  • Chum basket
    Patent number: D299946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Inventor: Harris J. Dorsey