Patents by Inventor Dean Dougherty

Dean Dougherty 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: 9133630
    Abstract: The invention could be a repair system and method for re-securing doors to their respective door frames when a screw fastener that originally used to secure the door to the respective door frame no longer engages and secures to the screw fastener's original screw hole in the door or frame, comprising a fastener anchor comprising a double open-ended hollow cylinder having a threaded exterior side and a hollow interior, the hollow interior forming a threaded lengthwise center channel that is continuously connected to the two open ends, one open end being tapered while the remaining other open end being shaped to receive a portion of a rotating instrument; a securing fastener having a threaded portion that can removably engage the threaded lengthwise center channel; wherein the threaded exterior side is capable of engaging and securing to the respective screw hole after the screw hole has been enlarged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Inventor: Dean Dougherty
  • Publication number: 20140366482
    Abstract: The invention could be a repair system and method for re-securing doors to their respective door frames when a screw fastener that originally used to secure the door to the respective door frame no longer engages and secures to the screw fastener's original screw hole in the door or frame, comprising a fastener anchor comprising a double open-ended hollow cylinder having a threaded exterior side and a hollow interior, the hollow interior forming a threaded lengthwise center channel that is continuously connected to the two open ends, one open end being tapered while the remaining other open end being shaped to receive a portion of a rotating instrument; a securing fastener having a threaded portion that can removably engage the threaded lengthwise center channel; wherein the threaded exterior side is capable of engaging and securing to the respective screw hole after the screw hole has been enlarged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Dean Dougherty
  • Patent number: 8033044
    Abstract: A fishing buoy for reducing injury or premature mortality in target fish species and endangered or protected bycatch includes: a multi-axis swivel having first and second attachment points arrayed along a central first axis and a third attachment point arrayed along a distinct second axis; an anchor or other underwater restraining device; a ballast, float and a transmitter having a transmission state; a leader and at least one baitable hook; a fish strike trigger connected to the transmitter and temporarily coupled to the leader, or connected to the leader and temporarily coupled to the transmitter. After a fish or bycatch strike the trigger changes the transmitter state to provide an indication that a strike has occurred, the leader and transmitter are decoupled, and the leader is free to rotate around the central axis without entangling the anchor or other underwater restraining device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Mote Marine Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Robert Hails, Peter Thomas Hull, Dean Dougherty
  • Publication number: 20110094146
    Abstract: A fishing buoy for reducing injury or premature mortality in target fish species and endangered or protected bycatch includes: a multi-axis swivel having first and second attachment points arrayed along a central first axis and a third attachment point arrayed along a distinct second axis; an anchor or other underwater restraining device; a ballast, float and a transmitter having a transmission state; a leader and at least one baitable hook; a fish strike trigger connected to the transmitter and temporarily coupled to the leader, or connected to the leader and temporarily coupled to the transmitter. After a fish or bycatch strike the trigger changes the transmitter state to provide an indication that a strike has occurred, the leader and transmitter are decoupled, and the leader is free to rotate around the central axis without entangling the anchor or other underwater restraining device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Alan Robert Hails, Peter Thomas Hull, Dean Dougherty