Patents by Inventor Mark B. Malouf

Mark B. Malouf 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: 6082037
    Abstract: A novelty item in the form of a fishing lure made from a plurality of coins and a fishing lure of the same configuration. The coins form the body of the lure, with one or more attached fishhooks and a means for attaching a fishing line. Other embodiments of the invention add headpieces and tailpieces shaped like the heads or tails of fish, optionally with hooks attached to these pieces. The elements of the invention may be connected so as to provide independent motion with respect to each other, in other embodiments may be connected rigidly, or in other embodiments are connected to allow motion in one plane only. Streamers and feathers may be incorporated so as to conceal the hooks and to provide an attractive appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Inventors: Mark B. Malouf, Richard L. Stevenson