Patents by Inventor Gary W. Hoover

Gary W. Hoover 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: 4712326
    Abstract: An improved jig type fishing lure, the weight including a noisemaker; a fishing hook having a lead weight cast on the end thereof opposite the bend and point, the weight having formed therein an elongate cavity to receive a noisemaking pellet, the noisemaking pellet sealed in the cavity by a cap held in place by displaced material of the weight; relatively massive weights cast around the eye end of fishing hooks with an elongate cavity formed within the weight to receive a noisemaking ball or pellet, the cavity formed in the weight running substantially parallel with the shank of the hook and being sealed by a cap held in place by the displaced material of the weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1987
    Inventors: Gary W. Hoover, Geuane Empson, Bruce W. Ashley