Patents by Inventor Carl E. Hicks

Carl E. Hicks 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: 5548919
    Abstract: A trolling assembly is shown using a single planar board having a buoyant body with weights that are adjustable for fishing on the port or starboard side of the boat. The fishing line is used to tow the assembly and to retrieve it when the catch is brought in. The fishing line is adjustably rigged for water conditions, matching the attack to the conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Inventor: Carl E. Hicks
  • Patent number: 5341591
    Abstract: A trolling assembly, adapted to be connected to a fishing boat by a tow line so that the assembly is drawn behind the boat and laterally to the course of the boat allowing a plurality of trolling fishing lines from the boat to be connected to spaced points on the connecting lines, employs three substantially identical planer boards. Each board is an elongated, flat rectangular and has a central slot. A pair of extending arms are pivotally joined to the slots within each board so that arms may be positioned in extending position wherein the boards are parallel to one another and spaced from one another, or a collapsed position in which the arms lie substantially within the slots and the opposed surfaces of the three stacked boards abut one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Inventor: Carl E. Hicks