Patents by Inventor Elvin J. Schaefers

Elvin J. Schaefers 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: 4528772
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a relatively transparent, flexible hollow tube (12) having a plurality of elongated strands of tippet material (14), having a variety of diameters, positioned therein. Each of said strands of tippet material (14) being color coded to provide for ready identification of tippet material diameter. A cylindrical plug (16) is inserted at a first end of the tube (12) to retain the tippet material (14) in the tube (12). A plastic cord (20) and snap (22) are provided for attaching the tippet tube (12) to an item of one's wearing apparel while fishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1985
    Assignee: Terminal Tactics, Inc.
    Inventor: Elvin J. Schaefers
  • Patent number: 4030228
    Abstract: A cartridge for separate attachment and storage of a plurality of fishing flies with leaders attached to them, and for winding the leaders separately upon the cartridge, the cartridge including an open area centrally located within the cartridge for the separate attachment and storage of the flies, and a plurality of side-by-side tracks for winding leaders attached to the flies upon the cartridge; means whereby the leaders attached to each of the flies may be brought into position to be wound separately on the side-by-side tracks which form the periphery of the cartridge, each of the leaders being wound separately upon a separate one of the tracks to prevent entanglement of the leaders; means for separately securing the ends of the leaders upon the cartridge after the leaders have been wound thereon; and a case for the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Inventor: Elvin J. Schaefers