Patents by Inventor Allan E. Shaffer

Allan E. Shaffer 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).

  • Patent number: 5107615
    Abstract: A weedless fish lure has an elongated spoon-shaped body defining a bulbous outer surface on one side of a complementarily-shaped recess on the other side. The body has a generally longitudinally-extending slot, and at least one resilient hook mounted within the spoon-shaped body recess. The hook has a shank portion at one end and extends therefrom through a medial portion to a pointed portion at the other end. The shank portion is anchored to the spoon-shaped body to position the pointed end portion adjacent the slot so that the pointed end portion is capable of frictional engagement with an end of the slot remote from the shank portion to retain the pointed end portion substantially wholly within the recess with the hook in a resiliently deflected condition in which the medial portion projects from the recess on the other side of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: Snagless Lures Inc.
    Inventor: Allan E. Shaffer