Patents by Inventor Eric A. Harrell

Eric A. Harrell 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).

  • Publication number: 20080236022
    Abstract: A fishing lure is provided. When arranged as a jig, a head and a hook are attached. A trailer contacts a portion of the hook. A trailer keeper is also included and has a resilient member that engages the trailer. The trailer keeper is configured for limiting movement of the trailer along the hook. The trailer keeper is configured for biasing the trailer to a desired position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventor: Eric A. Harrell
  • Patent number: 7421820
    Abstract: The jig fish lure has a jig head, a neck extending from the jig head, and a fishhook having a portion of the shank embedded in the jig head and neck. The jig head has an upper portion and a lower portion. A recess having orthogonal walls extending horizontally and vertically is defined in the lower portion, defining a ledge. A notch is defined in the upper portion extending into and bifurcating the ledge, the notch defining a passage. A bore is defined through the upper portion extending from the crown of the jig head to the top of the notch. The eye of the fishhook extends from the lower portion of the jig head beneath the ledge. A fishing line can be threaded through the bore and the notch, looped through the eye, and secured by a knot, which lies protected within the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Inventor: Eric A. Harrell
  • Publication number: 20040154212
    Abstract: A jig fish lure having a body and a hook attached to the body. An eye allows attachment of fishing line to the lure. The eye is located to the rear of the body, either in a recess or cavity or behind the body itself, so that fish line knotted to the eye is shielded by the body of the lure. The fishing line is led from the front of the body to the eye in the rear through a passage through the body. Weed guards may optionally be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventor: Eric A. Harrell
  • Patent number: 6007568
    Abstract: A table that corrects postures when looking at the anterior aspect of the person. The table will be mirror-imaging their postures including: Right and left head translations, right and left thoracic translations, and right and left lateral bending of the thorax. The table is made up of two movable sections (cervical and thoracic) and a stationary seat having a pelvic support. The head is placed in between two padded walls, and the cervical section is slid to one side and gets locked down, placing the head of the patient in the mirror-image translation. The thorax of the person is strapped down to the thoracic support, which is then slid to one side and locked in place, causing the thorax to be in mirror-image translation and/or lateral bending posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Inventors: Eric A. Harrell, Robert H. Berry
  • Patent number: D537144
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Inventor: Eric A. Harrell
  • Patent number: D549300
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Inventor: Eric A. Harrell
  • Patent number: D587781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: VEM LLC
    Inventor: Eric A. Harrell
  • Patent number: D1041268
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventor: Eric A. Harrell