Patents by Inventor Leroy Friend

Leroy Friend 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).

  • Method of fishing using a slip-ring fishing device
    Patent number: 4184280
    Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a fishing line has a weight attached to a lower end thereof, with the upper end of the line typically attached to a pole or rod & reel operatively, and the line has snapped thereonto a slip-ring slidable down the length of the line from the upper end of the line to the weighted end in the water in use, and with a leader and hook with bait suspended from the slip-ring, the slip-ring being of a size sufficiently small that it does not slip-over the weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1980
    Inventor: Leroy Friend