Patents by Inventor Andrew J. Clingan

Andrew J. Clingan 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).

  • Minnow dipper with automatic partitioning access door
    Patent number: 4048742
    Abstract: A dipper for minnows has a cup portion in the shape of a cage-like pentahedral prism of transparent plastic material and is fitted with a normally closed flotation-actuated access door on the rear wall. As the door is closed, a partitioning wall mounted thereon moves inwardly and divides the enclosure into a large upper chamber and a small lower chamber. The forward panel and the rear wall of the enclosure each have a set of downwardly directed teeth along their respective lower and adjacent margins to facilitate fastening a minnow confined within the lower chamber on a fishhook, the forward panel being swingably movable to permit the hooked minnow to be removed therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1977
    Inventor: Andrew J. Clingan
  • Enclosed minnow dipper with automatic access door
    Patent number: 3958356
    Abstract: A dipper for minnows has a cup portion in the shape of a cage-like pentahedral prism of transparent plastic material and is fitted with a normally closed flotation-actuated access door on the rear wall. The forward panel and the rear wall of the enclosure each have a set of downwardly directed teeth along their respective lower and adjacent margins to facilitate fastening a caught minnow on a fishhook, the forward panel being swingably movable to permit the hooked minnow to be removed from the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1976
    Inventor: Andrew J. Clingan