Patents by Inventor Lance G. Rake

Lance G. Rake 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: 20090077858
    Abstract: An improved method for overhead casting and retrieving a fishing jig and bait. The fishing caster provides a generally cylindrical, hollow body having a flat, closed top, a wall and an open bottom. The body presents a body axis from top to bottom. Drag upon reeling in is reduced by a plurality of elliptical vents formed in the wall, each vent presenting an elliptical axis substantially in alignment with the body axis, and by a cone within the hollow body, extending downwardly from the top. The improved fishing caster also includes structure forming a threading hole in the wall and two radially spaced indentations along the bottom of the body. The indentations form a tooth substantially aligned with the body axis, to secure the fishing line to the caster. A fluorescent lighting stick is mounted on top, for night fishing, as well as location of the caster in foliage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: O. Theodore Wright, Robert E. Hodgdon, Lance G. Rake
  • Patent number: 5490676
    Abstract: Playing cards that are ergonomically designed to fit a person's hands to facilitate handling, shuffling and dealing are disclosed. The end edges of the playing cards are formed with undulating curves. The undulating curves each present an inwardly curved portion specifically designed to receive the player's thumb and an adjacent outwardly curved portion specifically designed to receive the player's opposing fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Inventors: Lance G. Rake, Kermit T. Krantz
  • Patent number: D265146
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1982
    Inventors: Lance G. Rake, Charles K. Collins