Patents by Inventor Herman R. Meyer

Herman R. Meyer 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: 6308453
    Abstract: An improved safety fishing lure includes a main body portion which is hollow. The front end of the main body portion is designed to be attached to a fishing line. The main body portion also has a groove in it for protecting the point of a hook. A hook is movably mounted in the main body portion for movement from a storage position, with the point in the groove, to an active fish catching mode with the point extended out of the groove beyond the main body portion. A holding mechanism including a spring is used to hold the hook in its storage position. A release mechanism is coupled with the holding mechanism for disengaging the holding mechanism in response to movement of the main body portion through the water to cause the hook to move to its active fish catching position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Inventor: Herman R. Meyer
  • Patent number: 4951951
    Abstract: An improved golf club having a turf repairing fork formed in the heel of the head thereof enabling the golfer to remain erect while repairing the turf. The golfer saves effort and time by forcing the fork down into the grass mound left by the impact of a golf ball on a putting green, sufficiently far enough so that it extends under the depressed turf of the ball mark. By rocking the putter shaft slightly forward the fork will lift the depressed turf and by rocking the putter shaft slightly backwards, the grass mound can be pulled back to its original position. The fork of the putter can also be used to clean foreign matter from the soles and spikes of a golfer's shoes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1990
    Inventor: Herman R. Meyer