Patents by Inventor Mark H. Rust

Mark H. Rust 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: 5024019
    Abstract: A spinner bait lure having various rattle pod configurations for containing loose shot and producing a rattling noise when the lure is retrieved. In a first preferred embodiment, a rattle pod is mounted on the body segment of the wire harness extending between the lure body and the line eye and in a second preferred embodiment, various rattle pod configurations are secured to a spinner segment of the harness wire which projects from the line eye to the spinner. The rattle pod configurations include an oval rattle pod, offset rattle pod, elongated rattle pod, tear-drop rattle pod, diving rattle pod, which is fitted with diving planes, a pivoting rattle pod and a sliding rattle pod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Inventors: Mark H. Rust, Brian J. Kramer