Patents by Inventor Kenneth P. Wolfbauer

Kenneth P. Wolfbauer 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: 9629350
    Abstract: A fishing rod retention apparatus that includes an indicator for notifying a fisherman that a fish has been hooked. The apparatus includes a frame mounted on a base with at least one set of aligned fishing rod retention clips on each side of the frame. The frame includes a pair of converging frame portions, and a flag support spring attached to a bracket that connects the converging frame portions. A rotatable axle component with a retention spring at one end sits inside grooves in the converging frame portions. The axle component is used to hook the free end of a flag connected to the flag support spring while fishing line runs through the retention spring, such that a force applied to the fishing line causes the axle to rotate, thereby releasing the flag from the axle component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Kenneth P. Wolfbauer
  • Publication number: 20140298709
    Abstract: A carrier unit for a plurality of fishing rods has a base from which first and second spaced apart legs project. First and second clip elements attach to and project from the first and second legs respectively. Each clip has a holding slot with an open end, for receiving and detachably retaining at least one of a handle portion and a rod portion of a rod assembly. The clip elements are mountable on the respective legs in approximate alignment with each other. The legs may comprise parts of first and second leg frames projecting from the base in the form of an A-frame and carrying four or more clip elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Kenneth P. Wolfbauer
  • Publication number: 20140298707
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to fishing pole holder for ice fishing. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a fishing rod holder with an alert system to notify a fisherman that a fish has been hooked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Kenneth P. Wolfbauer
  • Patent number: 8757399
    Abstract: A carrier unit for a plurality of fishing rods has a base from which first and second spaced apart legs project. First and second clip elements attach to and project from the first and second legs respectively. Each clip has a holding slot with an open end, for receiving and detachably retaining at least one of a handle portion and a rod portion of a rod assembly. The clip elements are mountable on the respective legs in approximate alignment with each other. The legs may comprise parts of first and second leg frames projecting from the base in the form of an A-frame and carrying four or more clip elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Inventor: Kenneth P. Wolfbauer
  • Publication number: 20130015151
    Abstract: A carrier unit for a plurality of fishing rods has a base from which first and second spaced apart legs project. First and second clip elements attach to and project from the first and second legs respectively. Each clip has a holding slot with an open end, for receiving and detachably retaining at least one of a handle portion and a rod portion of a rod assembly. The clip elements are mountable on the respective legs in approximate alignment with each other. The legs may comprise parts of first and second leg frames projecting from the base in the form of an A-frame and carrying four or more clip elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventor: Kenneth P. Wolfbauer