Patents by Inventor Karen Hess

Karen Hess 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: 4495722
    Abstract: A fishing lure especially suited for deep-water fishing has a heavy body, fabricated from lead, and shaped and painted to resemble a small bait fish. The fishing line is attached to a small eyelet affixed to the top of the body directly over the center of gravity. A second eyelet in the tail of the body is threaded to the attachment ring on a double fishing hook, such that the prongs of the hook extend upward. A skirt is fastened around the shank of the hook, thereby providing attractive movement as well as camouflage for the hook. A thin metal disk projects downward from the body, directly below the center of gravity and lying in a vertical plane along the longitudinal axis, forming an approximately semicircular fin. A small hole is located in the lower portion of the disk, to which a second line may be attached to suspend a second lure in a similar manner, and to thereby allow several lures to be strung together serially and used from the same line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1985
    Inventors: Dean Hess, Karen Hess