Patents by Inventor Nick Dillard

Nick Dillard 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: 5230178
    Abstract: A threaded rattle capsule which is designed for attachment to a hook and threadable insertion in a flexible plastic lure or other flexible lure such as pork rind or the like, for use in fishing. In a first preferred embodiment the threaded rattle capsule includes a cap ring at the unthreaded end for mounting in the eye of a hook and insertion in a flexible lure, wherein the barb of the hook is also inserted in the lure. In another preferred embodiment the unthreaded end of the threaded rattle capsule is provided with a connecting mechanism for attachment to the hook shank and is threaded in a lure such that the lure trails the hook during retrieval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1993
    Inventor: Nick Dillard